Brasilennea arethusae

Brasilennea arethusae; Temporal range: Paleocene (Itaboraian); ~Paleocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	apertural and lateral view of Brasilennea arethusae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Urocoptoidea
Family:	Cerionidae
Genus:	†Brasilennea
Species:	†B. arethusae
Binomial name
	Brasilennea arethusae; Maury, 1935

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

^ ^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.

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