Eoborus sanctijosephi
Extinct species of gastropod
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Eoborus sanctijosephi 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 sanctijosephi is a large species in the genus Eoborus. Its name makes reference to the place of discovery: the São José de Itaboraí municipality, where Itaboraí Basin is located.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Strophocheilidae |
| Genus: | †Eoborus |
| Species: | †E. sanctijosephi |
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Strophocheilus sanctijosephi | |
The species was originally described as Strophocheilus sanctijosephi, but was later transferred to the genus Eoborus.[3] The species Vorticifex fluminensis (Brito, 1967) was considered to be the fragment of the spire top of E. sanctijosephi and, thus, its synonym.[4]
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