Primera cita de un parmacélido (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) en las Islas Baleares (Mediterráneo occidental). Descripción de una nueva especie fósil: Parmacella balearica sp. nov.
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2011

A new Minorcan endemic species of fossil slug, Parmacella balearica sp. nov., is described on the basis of the limacels found in the paleosols of the upper Pliocene–lower Pleistocene sedimentary series of Cap de Cavalleria (north of Es Mercadal municipality, Minorca, Balearic Islands). These limacels are characterized by a nucleus (embryonic shell) with a very rounded profile and a small size compared to the spathula. The latter features link the Balearic species with Parmacella Cuvier, 1804, co