Propupa

Propupa Temporal range: Eocene^[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	?
Genus:	†Propupa Stworzewicz & Pokryszko, 2006^[1]
Species:	†P. hoffeinsorum
Binomial name
†Propupa hoffeinsorum Stworzewicz & Pokryszko, 2006^[1]

Propupa is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Pupilloidea. Propupa hoffeinsorum is the only species in the genus Propupa, and was described from a fossil found in Baltic amber in 2006.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Stworzewicz E., Pokryszko B. M. (2006). "Eocene terrestrial snails (Gastropoda) from Baltic amber". Annales Zoologici 56(1): 215-224. abstract, abstract

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