Biotocus turbinatus was a species of land snail, a gastropod in the family Odontostomidae.[2]

Biotocus turbinatus
A drawing of a shell of Tomigerus turbinatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Odontostomidae
Genus: Biotocus
Species:
B. turbinatus
Binomial name
Biotocus turbinatus
(Pfeiffer, 1845)
Synonyms

Tornigenus turbinatus ssp. biolocus Pfeiffer, 1845
Tomigerus turbinatus

This species was[when?] endemic to Brazil; it is now considered extinct.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Mansur, M.C.D. (1996). "Tomigerus turbinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T29616A9505033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T29616A9505033.en.
  2. ^ Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2012) "Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London". ZooKeys 182: 1-70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.182.2720.

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