Brasilennea arethusae
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apertural and lateral view of Brasilennea arethusae | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | †B. arethusae |
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Brasilennea arethusae |
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.[1] Brasilennea arethusae is the largest species in the genus Brasilennea.[1] 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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Salvador, R.B.; Rowson, B.; Simone, L.R.L. 2011. Rewriting the fossil history of Cerionidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): new family assignment of the Brazilian Palaeocene genus Brasilennea Maury, 1935. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 445–447. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr021
- ^ a b Maury, C.J. 1935. New genera and new species of fossil terrestrial Mollusca from Brazil. American Museum Novitates 764: 1–15. PDF.