Aegopinella reussi
| Aegopinella reussi | |
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| Shell of Aegopinella reussi (holotype) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus: | Aegopinella |
| Species: | †A. reussi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Aegopinella reussi (M. Hörnes, 1856)
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Aegopinella reussi is an extinct species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails.[1]
Description
The shell's diameter is 8.3 mm (0.33 inches), and its height is 4.2 mm (0.17 inches).
(Original description in German) The shell is very flat and conical, with an almost flat apex and a moderately flattened, not very wide, and continuously umbilical lower end. It consists of five slightly arched whorls, separated by deep sutures. The body whorl is approximately three-quarters the height of the total shell. The obliquely positioned aperture is broadly moon-shaped and features simple, sharp edges.[2]
Distribution
Fossils of this extinct species were found in late Miocene strata in the Vienna Basin, Austria.[1]
References
- ^ a b WoRMS. "Aegopinella reussi (M. Hörnes, 1856)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
- ^ Schlosser, M. (1907). Die Land- und Süsswassergastropoden vom Eichkogel bei Mödling. Nebst einer Besprechung der Gastropoden ans dem Miocän von Rein in Steiermark. Jahrbuch der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. 57: 753-792 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Hörnes, M. (1851–1856). Die fossilen Mollusken des Tertiär-Beckens von Wien. I. Univalven. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 3: 1–736, pls 1-52
- Harzhauser, M., Binder, H. (2004). Synopsis of the Late Miocene mollusc fauna of the classical sections Richardhof and Eichkogel in the Vienna Basin (Austria, Pannonian, MN 9-MN11). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 133 (1–2), 1-57.