Temesa magalhaesi

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Temesa magalhaesi
Temporal range: Paleocene[1]
A fossil shell of Temesa magalhaesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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Family:
Genus:
Species:
T. magalhaesi
Binomial name
Temesa magalhaesi
(Trindade, 1953)

Temesa magalhaesi is a

mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The species is found in the Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in Brazil. This is the oldest{how old?} record of the subfamily, although the species is only tentatively placed in the genus.[1]

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