Euthema myanmarica
Euthema myanmarica is a fossil species of minute land snails in the family Diplommatinidae, described from the Cretaceous Hkamti amber (Myanmar).[1][2]
| Euthema myanmarica Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Diplommatinidae |
| Genus: | †Euthema |
| Species: | †E. myanmarica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Euthema myanmarica Balashov, 2021[1] | |
Description
Shell almost cylindrical, comprising 6 moderately convex whorls, ribbed, with weak constriction. Aperture oval. Umbilicus wide. Periumbilical keel strong. Height of shell 2 mm, width of shell 0.9 mm.[1]
References
- Balashov, Igor (March 2021). "The first records of mollusks from mid-Cretaceous Hkamti amber (Myanmar), with the description of a land snail, Euthema myanmarica n. sp. (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoroidea, Diplommatinidae)". Journal of Paleontology: 1–10. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.26.
- ZooBank - Euthema myanmarica
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