Euphemites

Extinct genus of gastropod

Euphemites

Temporal range: Middle Devonian–Early Triassic

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

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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

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* E. blaneanus McChesney[4]
* E. inspeciosus White[4]
* E. nodocarinatus Hall[4]
* E. vittatus McChesney[4]

## References

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* Paleontology portal

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. ^ a b c d King, R.H. (March 1940). "The gastropod genus Euphemites in the Pennsylvanian of Texas". Journal of Paleontology. 14 (2): 150–153\. JSTOR 1298568.

Taxon identifiers

Euphemites|

* Wikidata: Q107311073
* CoL: 7P3Q7
* GBIF: 3245167
* IRMNG: 1361435
* Open Tree of Life: 4964776
* Paleobiology Database: 8332
* WoRMS: 932841

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