Plagiodontes dentatus explained

Plagiodontes dentatus is a recent species of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Orthalicidae, subfamily Odontostominae. It occurs in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina.[1]

Fossil record

Plagiodontes dentatus has a fossil record extending back to the Brazilian Paleocene, with a supposed specimen belonging to this species found in the limestones of Itaboraí Basin.[2] It has also been recorded from the Miocene of Uruguay and Miocene and Pleistocene of Argentina.[3] [4] [1]

Notes and References

  1. Morton . Lourdes Susana . Herbst . Rafael . Gastropodos del Cretacico (formacion Mercedes) del Uruguay . Upper Cretaceous Gastropods (Mercedes formation) from Uruguay . Spanish . 1993 . 30 . 4 . 445–452 .
  2. Salvador . Rodrigo Brincalepe . Simone . Luiz Ricardo Lopes de . Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil . Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia . 2013 . 10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001 . free .
  3. Book: Caorsi . Juan H . Goni . Juan . 1958 . Geología uruguaya . Imprenta Nacional . 975269768 .
  4. Book: Parodiz . Juan J . The Tertiary non-marine mollusca of South America . 1969 . Carnegie Museum . 930522687 .

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