Euomphalopterus Roemer 1876 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Alternative spelling: Pleurotomaria (Euomphalopterus)

Synonym: Bathmopterus Kirk 1928

Full reference: C. F. Roemer. 1876. Lethaea geognostica oder Beschreibung und Abbildung der für die Gebirgs-Formationen bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen. I. Theil: Lethaea palaeozoica. Atlas 1-685

Parent taxon: Euomphalopterinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Barrois 1889, Bouchet et al. 2005, Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Sister taxon: Siskiyouspira

Subtaxa: Euomphalopterus (Pleuromphalus) Euomphalopterus alatus Euomphalopterus aliger Euomphalopterus cirrhosa Euomphalopterus gracilis Euomphalopterus limatoidea Euomphalopterus liratus Euomphalopterus marklini Euomphalopterus praetexta Euomphalopterus recticosta Euomphalopterus seductor Euomphalopterus subcarinata Euomphalopterus togata Euomphalopterus undulans Euomphalopterus valeria Euomphalopterus velaris

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Austria (1 collection), United States (1: Alaska)

• Niagaran of United States (1: Indiana)

• Silurian of Canada (9: New Brunswick, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), the Czech Republic (6), Ireland (1), Mexico (2), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (15), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (5: Alaska, California, Wisconsin)

Total: 55 collections including 67 occurrences

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