Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Alternative spelling: Euomphalus (Omphalotrochus)
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1864. Section 1. Description of the Carboniferous fossils. Palaeontology of California 1:3-16
Parent taxon: Omphalotrochidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, de Koninck 1876, Knight et al. 1960, Linsley and Kier 1984, Morris and Cleevely 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arastra, Archaeosphera, Babylonites, Bassotrochus, Cinclidonema, Coronopsis, Fujispira, Labrocuspis, Orecopia, Sylvestria, Trochonemopsis
Subtaxa: Omphalotrochus alleni Omphalotrochus antiquus Omphalotrochus canaliculatus Omphalotrochus cochisensis Omphalotrochus hessensis Omphalotrochus kalitvaensis Omphalotrochus kalmiussi Omphalotrochus karakubensis Omphalotrochus obtusispira Omphalotrochus spinosus Omphalotrochus tabulatus Omphalotrochus timanicus Omphalotrochus uerjagensis Omphalotrochus whitneyi Omphalotrochus wolfcampensis
Type: Euomphalus (Omphalotrochus) whitneyi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Bolivia (4 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), Mexico (2), Peru (7), the Russian Federation (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Thailand (1), Tunisia (1), United States (78: Arizona, California, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (2), United States (2: New Mexico)
• Devonian of Canada (1: Ontario), New Zealand (1)
Total: 105 collections including 109 occurrences
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