Plagiodontes dentatus

Plagiodontes dentatus; Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Odontostomidae
Genus:	Plagiodontes
Species:	P. dentatus
Binomial name
	Plagiodontes dentatus; (Wood, 1828)
Synonyms
	Cyclodontina dentata

Plagiodontes dentatus is a recent species of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Orthalicidae, subfamily Odontostominae. It occurs in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina.^[2]

Fossil record[edit]

Plagiodontes dentatus has a fossil record extending back to the Brazilian Paleocene, with a supposed specimen belonging to this species found in the limestones of Itaboraí Basin.^[1]^[3] It has also been recorded from the Miocene of Uruguay and Miocene and Pleistocene of Argentina.^[4]^[5]^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; de Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes (1 June 2012). "New fossil pulmonate snails from the Paleocene of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil (Pulmonata: Cerionidae, Strophocheilidae, Orthalicidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology. 141 (1): 43–50. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/043-050. S2CID 88222194.
^ ^a ^b Morton, Lourdes Susana; Herbst, Rafael (1993). "Gastropodos del Cretacico (formacion Mercedes) del Uruguay" [Upper Cretaceous Gastropods (Mercedes formation) from Uruguay] (in Spanish). 30 (4): 445–452. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes de (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001.
^ Caorsi, Juan H; Goni, Juan (1958). Geología uruguaya. Imprenta Nacional. OCLC 975269768.^{[page needed]}
^ Parodiz, Juan J (1969). The Tertiary non-marine mollusca of South America. Carnegie Museum. OCLC 930522687.^{[page needed]}

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[Salvador_&_Simone_2012-1] Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; de Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes (1 June 2012). "New fossil pulmonate snails from the Paleocene of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil (Pulmonata: Cerionidae, Strophocheilidae, Orthalicidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology. 141 (1): 43–50. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/043-050. S2CID 88222194.

[Morton_&_Herbst_1993-2] Morton, Lourdes Susana; Herbst, Rafael (1993). "Gastropodos del Cretacico (formacion Mercedes) del Uruguay" [Upper Cretaceous Gastropods (Mercedes formation) from Uruguay] (in Spanish). 30 (4): 445–452. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[Salvador_&_Simone_2013-3] Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes de (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001.

[Caorsi_&_Goni_1958-4] Caorsi, Juan H; Goni, Juan (1958). Geología uruguaya. Imprenta Nacional. OCLC 975269768.^{[page needed]}

[Parodiz_1969-5] Parodiz, Juan J (1969). The Tertiary non-marine mollusca of South America. Carnegie Museum. OCLC 930522687.^{[page needed]}

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