Cortana carvalhoi

Cortana carvalhoi
Temporal range:
Apertural view of a fossil shell of Cortana carvalhoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amphibulimidae
Genus: †Cortana
Salvador & Simone, 2013
Species:
†C. carvalhoi
Binomial name
†Cortana carvalhoi
(Brito, 1967)
Synonyms

Bulimulus carvalhoi Brito, 1967

Cortana is a fossil genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Amphibulimidae. The only species is Cortana carvalhoi. The genus is known only from the Brazilian Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The most characteristic feature of the genus is its apertural armature.

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