Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Acavidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Acavoidea Scientific name Pebasiconcha immanis | |
Genus † Pebasiconcha
Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999 | ||
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Pebasiconcha immanis is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae.
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Distribution
The type locality of Pebasiconcha immanis is the Miocene Pebas Formation in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazonia.
Description
The height of the shell is more than 25 cm (more than 250 mm). This species was the largest known species of land snail.
References
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