Cortana (gastropod)
Extinct genus of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Apertural view of a fossil shell of Cortana carvalhoi | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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Genus: | †Cortana Salvador & Simone, 2013[1] |
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†Bulimulus carvalhoi Brito, 1967[2] | |
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