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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Odontostomidae |
| Genus: | Plagiodontes |
| Species: | P. dentatus
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| Plagiodontes dentatus (Wood, 1828)
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Cyclodontina dentata | |
Fossil record
editPlagiodontes 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]