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Anguispira russelli

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Anguispira russelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Discidae
Genus: Anguispira
Species:
A. russelli
Binomial name
Anguispira russelli
Tozer, 1956

Anguispira russelli was a species of pulmonate land snail in the family Discidae, the disk snails. The species is only known from fossilized specimens. It is named after L.S. Russell, former Director of Zoology at the National Museum of Canada.[1]

Fossils

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The most well-studied and well-documented A. russelli fossil was found by paleontologist Edward Tozer in 1956. It was located in Paskapoo formation in western Canada, dating the shell to the Paleocene.[1][2]

Physical appearance

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The fossil gathered by Tozer is 14 mm (0.55 in) in width and 7 mm (0.28 in) in height. The shell is a depressed heliciform in shape with 5 whorls that gradually increase in size from the umbilicus and a thin outer lip. The shell is rounded and coarsely striate, with the umbilicus taking up 1/3 of the shell.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Tozer, E.T. (1956). Uppermost Cretaceous and Paleocene nonmarine molluscan faunas of western Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir. 280: 1-125., pages 90-91, pl. 8, figs 10a-c
  2. ^ Roth, B. (1986). Land mollusks (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from Early Tertiary Bozeman Group, Montana. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 44(11): 237-267., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16005679 page(s): 262