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]

Brasilennea arethusae Temporal range: Paleocene (Itaboraian) ~Paleocene[1] 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[2]