Eoborus rotundus

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Eoborus rotundus
Temporal range: Paleocene[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Strophocheilidae
Genus: Eoborus
Species:
E. rotundus
Binomial name
Eoborus rotundus
Salvador & Simone, 2012[1]

Eoborus rotundus is a fossil species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Strophocheilidae, from the Paleocene Itaboraí Basin, Brazil.[1][2] Eoborus rotundus is a small species for the genus Eoborus, and the shell has a more rounded shape than average for the genus, a feature reflected in its species name.[1]

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