clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora 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.

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