Cortana (gastropod)

Cortana
Temporal range: Paleocene[1]
Apertural view of a fossil shell of Cortana carvalhoi
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:
Bulimulidae
Genus:
†Cortana

Salvador & Simone, 2013[1]
Type species
†Bulimulus carvalhoi
Brito, 1967[2]
Species
  • †Cortana carvalhoi

Cortana is a fossil genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Bulimulidae. The genus is known only from the Brazilian Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.[1] The most characteristic feature of the genus is its apertural armature.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ Brito, I.M. (1967). "Gastrópodos continentais do Paleoceno do estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil". Boletim de Geologia do Instituto de Geociências da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. 1: 7‑28.