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Occurence of pleistocenic planorbids in the municipality of Jacobina, Bahia State, Brazil

We registered Biomphalaria aff. glabrata (Say, 1818) from upper Pleistocene (or Holocene) based on paleontologic and stratigraphic data and in agreement with shell morphology. The shells came from Gruta das Onças, district of Caatinga do Moura, Jacobina country, state of Bahia. We also registered one more evidence of the ancient presence of water in the cave, which agree Cartelle & Bohorquez's (1982) hypothesis about the site.

Pleistocene; Planorbidae; Biomphalaria glabrata


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