Biotocus turbinatus

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
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
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 endemic to Brazil; it is now considered extinct.[1]

References
  1. Mansur M. C. D. (1996). Tomigerus turbinatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  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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