Cecilioides sommeri

Cecilioides sommeri Temporal range: Paleocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
A fossil shell of Cecilioides sommeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Ferussaciidae
Genus:	†Cecilioides
Species:	†C. sommeri
Binomial name
Cecilioides sommeri (Ferreira & Coelho, 1971)
Synonyms
Carychium sommeri

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Carychium sommeri

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. This is the oldest known species in the family.