Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Synonym: Bellerophon pitkorskyi Netchaev 1894 [replaced name]
Full reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119(4):208-293
Belongs to Warthia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Kulas and Batten 1997, Mazaev 2015 and Yochelson 1960
Sister taxa: Warthia americana, Warthia angustior, Warthia attalicus, Warthia borealis, Warthia brevisinuata, Warthia brevizonata, Warthia carinata, Warthia crassus, 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 stricta, Warthia vaceki, Warthia waageni, Warthia welleri, Warthia zakharovi, Stachella micra, Stachella pseudohelix, Stachella bicarinata
Type specimens:
- Warthia fissus: Its type locality is AMNH512, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas
- Bellerophon pitkorskyi:
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (4 collections), United States (8: Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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