Brasilennea guttula
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| Brasilennea guttula Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Cerionidae |
| Genus: | †Brasilennea |
| Species: | †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]