Cecilioides sommeri is a fossil species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae, from the Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in Brazil.[1] This is the oldest known species in the family.[1]
| Cecilioides sommeri Temporal range:
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| A fossil shell of Cecilioides sommeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Ferussaciidae |
| Genus: | Cecilioides |
| Species: | C. sommeri
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| Cecilioides sommeri (Ferreira & Coelho, 1971)
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Carychium sommeri | |
References
edit- ^ a b c Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes de (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001.