Euthema

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Euthema
Temporal range:
Ma
Holotype specimen of Euthema hesoana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Diplommatinidae
Genus: Euthema
Yu, Wang & Pan, 2018[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Paleodiplommatina Bullis et al., 2020
  • Xenostoma Bullis et al., 2020

Euthema is a

Hkamti
ambers.

Species

As of 2021, 8 species are placed into Euthema:[2]

Etymology

Euthema truncatellina is named after the extant genus

gastropods on land.[3]

Description

Euthema annae has a shell which is almost cylindrical with 6 weakly convex whorls, ribbed, with strong constriction. Aperture almost heart-shaped with parietal inclusion. Umbilicus narrow. Periumbilical keel weak. Height of shell 2 mm (0.079 in) tall and 1–1.1 mm (0.039–0.043 in) wide.[3][2]

E. myanmarica has a shell which is almost cylindrical, comprising 6 moderately convex whorls, ribbed, with weak constriction. The aperture is oval and the umbilicus wide, with a strong periumbilical keel. The shells are 2 mm (0.079 in) and 0.9 mm (0.035 in) wide.[2]

E. truncatellina has a shell which is almost cylindrical, comprising 6.5 moderately convex whorls, ribbed, with weak constriction. The aperture is circular, the umbilicus narrow, and the periumbilical keel is absent. The shells are 1.7 mm (0.067 in) and 0.9 mm (0.035 in) wide.[3][2]

References

  1. ^ Yu, T.; Wang, B.; Pan, H. (2018). "New terrestrial gastropods from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 90: 254–258.
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ .
  4. ^ a b MolluscaBase - Euthema annae
  5. ^ ICZN - The Code Online
  6. ^ ZooBank - Euthema myanmarica
  7. PMID 33056238
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  8. ^ MolluscaBase - Euthema truncatellina
  9. ^ ZooBank - Euthema truncatellina

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