Biology:Brasilennea guttula

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod


Brasilennea guttula
Temporal range: Paleocene[1]
Brasilennea guttula.jpg
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Gastropoda
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B. guttula
Binomial name
Brasilennea guttula
Salvador & Simone, 2012[1]

Brasilennea guttula is a fossil species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Cerionidae, from the Paleocene Itaboraí Basin, Brazil.[1] 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.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Salvador, R.B. & Simone, L.R.L. 2012. New fossil pulmonate snails from the Paleocene of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil (Pulmonata: Cerionidae, Strophocheilidae, Orthalicidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 141(1): 43-50. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/043-050

Wikidata ☰ Q16845924 entry