Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon strictus, Goniatites strictus
Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160
Belongs to Warthia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1983
See also Dana 1847, Dana 1849, Etheridge 1891 and Waterhouse 1963
Sister taxa: Warthia americana, Warthia angustior, Warthia attalicus, Warthia borealis, Warthia brevisinuata, Warthia brevizonata, Warthia carinata, Warthia crassus, Warthia fissus, Warthia hisakatsui, Warthia huayingshanensis, Warthia imtatschanensis, Warthia inflata, Warthia intermedia, Warthia kingi, Warthia lata, Warthia micromphala, Warthia peregrinus, Warthia perspecta, Warthia polita, Warthia saundersi, Warthia semiaurita, Warthia vaceki, Warthia waageni, Warthia welleri, Warthia zakharovi, Stachella micra, Stachella bicarinata, Stachella pseudohelix
Type specimen: Its type locality is Illawarra District (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siliciclastic in the Gerringong Formation of Australia
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal carnivore-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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