Brasilennea guttula Temporal range: Paleocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Urocoptoidea |
Family: | Cerionidae |
Genus: | †Brasilennea |
Species: | †B. guttula |
Binomial name | |
Brasilennea guttula Salvador & Simone, 2012 |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Brasilennea guttula 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 guttula shows a peculiar shell shape, distinct from the other species in the genus; the shape is reminiscent of a water drop, which led to the specific epithet of Brasilennea guttula.