Euphemites

Euphemites is an extinct genus of gastropod belonging to order Bellerophontida and family Euphemitidae.[1] They may have been among the first burrowing gastropods.[2]

Euphemites
Temporal range: Devonian-Permian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda (?)
Order: †Bellerophontida
Family: †Euphemitidae
Subfamily: †Euphemitinae
Genus: †Euphemites
Warthin, Jr., 1930
Species

See text

Species
  • E. blaneanus McChesney[3]
  • E. inspeciosus White[3]
  • E. nodocarinatus Hall[3]
  • E. vittatus McChesney[3]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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