Euphemites
| Euphemites Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda (?) |
| Order: | †Bellerophontida |
| Family: | †Euphemitidae |
| Subfamily: | †Euphemitinae |
| Genus: | †Euphemites Warthin, Jr., 1930 |
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Euphemites is an extinct genus of gastropod belonging to order Bellerophontida and family Euphemitidae. They may have been among the first burrowing gastropods.
Species
- E. blaneanus McChesney
- E. inspeciosus White
- E. nodocarinatus Hall
- E. vittatus McChesney
References
- ↑ Kaim, Andrzej; Nutzel, Alexander. "Dead bellerophontids walking—the short Mesozoic history of the Bellerophontoidea (Gastropoda)". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
- ↑ Ketwetsuriya, Chatchalerm; Cook, Alex G.; Nützel, Alexander (March 2020). "Permian gastropods from the Ratburi Limestone, Khao Phrik, Central Thailand". PalZ. 94 (1): 53–77. doi:10.1007/s12542-019-00463-0.
- ↑ Harper, John A.; Rollins, Harold B. (January 1985). "Infaunal or semi-infaunal bellerophont gastropods: analysis of Euphemites and functionally related taxa". Lethaia. 18 (1): 21–37. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1985.tb00681.x.
- 1 2 3 4 King, R.H. (March 1940). "The gastropod genus Euphemites in the Pennsylvanian of Texas". Journal of Paleontology. 14 (2): 150–153. JSTOR 1298568.
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