Euphemites

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Euphemites
Temporal range: Middle Devonian–Early Triassic
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Domain: Eukaryota
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. [2] They may have been among the first burrowing gastropods. [3]

Species

References

  1. Kaim, Andrzej; Nutzel, Alexander. "Dead bellerophontids walking—the short Mesozoic history of the Bellerophontoidea (Gastropoda)". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology .
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.