Eoborus sanctijosephi

Eoborus sanctijosephi is a fossil species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk 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]

Eoborus sanctijosephi Temporal range: Paleocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Eoborus sanctijosephi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Acavoidea
Family:	Strophocheilidae
Subfamily:	Megalobuliminae
Genus:	†Eoborus
Species:	†E. sanctijosephi
Binomial name
Eoborus sanctijosephi (Maury, 1935)[2]
Synonyms
Strophocheilus sanctijosephi Megalobulimus sanctijosephi Carinifex fluminensis Vorticifex fluminensis

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]