Galba prima Yu et al. 2021 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae

Full reference: T. T. Yu, T. A. Neubauer, and A. Jochum. 2021. First freshwater gastropod preserved in amber suggests long-distance dispersal during the Cretaceous Period. Geological Magazine 158:1327-1334

Belongs to Galba according to T. T. Yu et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Galba (Galba), Galba dupuyiana, Galba halavatsi, Galba lufengensis, Galba truncatula, Galba yunnanensis

Type specimen: NIGP173920, a shell. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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