Zilchogyra

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Zilchogyra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Charopidae
Genus: Zilchogyra

Zilchogyra is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae. Zilchogyra miocenica is the first Miocene record of the genus.[1]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Zilchogyra include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Miquel, Sergio E.; Rodriguez, Pablo E. (September 2015). "A novel late Early Miocene assemblage of terrestrial gastropods from Santa Cruz (Patagonia, Argentina)". Journal of Paleontology. 89 (5): 748–761. doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.66. hdl:11336/47599. ISSN 0022-3360.