Gastrocopta sp. Viernheim Temporal range:
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Two views of one shell of Gastrocopta new species from the Viernheim research borehole, Scale bar is in mm | |
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Heterobranchia
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Euthyneura |
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Species: | "Gastrocopta sp. Viernheim" [undescribed]
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Gastrocopta sp. from the Viernheim borehole is an undescribed species of a very small fossil land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Gastrocoptidae.
There is only one record of this species from 2008 from the Viernheim research borehole, Germany from the Lower Pleistocene (Lower Biharium). [1]
The small conical shell is 1.9 mm high and 1.0 mm wide. [1] The five arched whorls increase uniformly in size up to the penultimate whorl – the last whorl becomes smaller towards the aperture. [1] The apertural border with the lip is well formed and slightly folded over towards the spindle. [1] The shell is shiny, slightly stripy and has a weakly developed palatine torus. [1] It has three strong teeth, one columellar, one palatal and one parietal, although the adjacent palatine wall of the specimen is damaged and partially missing. [1] The teeth are almost the same distance apart and their tips almost point towards one another. [1] A characteristic feature is the complete absence of a basal tooth. [1]
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [1]
Gastrocopta sp. Viernheim Temporal range:
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Two views of one shell of Gastrocopta new species from the Viernheim research borehole, Scale bar is in mm | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | clade
Heterobranchia
clade
Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | |
Subgenus: | |
Species: | "Gastrocopta sp. Viernheim" [undescribed]
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Gastrocopta sp. from the Viernheim borehole is an undescribed species of a very small fossil land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Gastrocoptidae.
There is only one record of this species from 2008 from the Viernheim research borehole, Germany from the Lower Pleistocene (Lower Biharium). [1]
The small conical shell is 1.9 mm high and 1.0 mm wide. [1] The five arched whorls increase uniformly in size up to the penultimate whorl – the last whorl becomes smaller towards the aperture. [1] The apertural border with the lip is well formed and slightly folded over towards the spindle. [1] The shell is shiny, slightly stripy and has a weakly developed palatine torus. [1] It has three strong teeth, one columellar, one palatal and one parietal, although the adjacent palatine wall of the specimen is damaged and partially missing. [1] The teeth are almost the same distance apart and their tips almost point towards one another. [1] A characteristic feature is the complete absence of a basal tooth. [1]
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [1]