Aegopinella procellaria

Aegopinella procellaria is an extinct species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails.[1]

Aegopinella procellaria
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Aegopinella
Species:
†A. procellaria
Binomial name
†Aegopinella procellaria
(Jooss, 1918)
Synonyms
  • † Hyalinia procellaria Jooss, 1918 superseded combination
  • † Hyalinia (Hyalina) procellaria Jooss, 1918 superseded combination
  • † Oxychilus procellarius (Jooss, 1918) superseded combination

Description

(Original description in German) The shell is thin and shiny, with an almost flat upper surface and a strongly flattened lower surface. It is moderately wide and has a continuous umbilicus. The shell consists of five whorls, which are extremely finely striped and separated by deep sutures. The body whorl is very weakly keeled. The aperture is obliquely positioned and broadly moon-shaped, and has simple, sharp edges. [2]

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct species were found in late Miocene strata in Mössingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[1]

References
  1. WoRMS. "Aegopinella procellaria (Jooss, 1918)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  2. Jooss, C.H. (1918). Vorläufige Mitteilungen über tertiäre Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. 1918 (17-18): 287-294 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.