Brasilennea arethusae
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Brasilennea arethusae Temporal range: Paleocene ~Paleocene |
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| apertural and lateral view of Brasilennea arethusae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Urocoptoidea |
| Family: | Cerionidae |
| Genus: | †Brasilennea |
| Species: | †B. arethusae |
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Brasilennea arethusae Maury, 1935 |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Brasilennea arethusae is a fossil species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cerionidae, from the Paleocene Itaboraí Basin, Brazil.Brasilennea arethusae is the largest species in the genus Brasilennea. It was one of the first fossils found in Itaboraí Basin and its name makes reference to the fact that it is a terrestrial species: the name is in honor of Arethusa, a sylvan nymph and one of the Hesperides from Greek mythology.
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