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Euphemites incarinatus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Euphemites incarinatus was named by Easton (1943). Its type specimen is UC 48325, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Euphemites incarinatus Easton p. 150 figs. pl. 24 f. 22
1974Euphemites incarinatus Thein and Nitecki p. 35
2023Euphemites incarinatus Wagner p. 6093

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyEuphemitidae
subfamilyEuphemitinae
genusEuphemites
speciesincarinatus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Euphemites incarinatus Easton 1943
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. H. Easton 1943Shell small, involute, discoidal to subglobose in ephebic stages; dimensions of two specimens greatest diameters, 8.2 mm. and 4.9 mm.; greatest widths of body whorls, 8.9 mm. and 5.2 mm. Aperture reniform, width twice length (in the plane of coiling). No prominent geniculation present in shell curvature. Body whorl recurved near umbilical regions, somewhat flared, not revolving. Whorl section acutely lunate posteriorly from aperture. Inner lip seemingly formed by surface of preceding whorl in most cases, without callosity; rare instances of seeming callosities may be result of mineralization. Umbilical regions not excavated, partly enclosed by recurved lateral extremities of body whorl. Surface finely but sharply lirate, about 40 principal lirae with much finer intercalated lirae near edge of aperture; faint transverse growth lines intersect lirae, effect reticulate pattern with concave interstices; fine details most pronounced on the body whorl, which is commonly broken away. About 30 lirations, strongest near plane of coiling, comprise ornamentation of next-tolast whorl. No slit observed, shell not carinate where the slit-band should be located.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2004-08-16 10:23:56
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:27:44
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Kiessling 2004, Wagner 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available