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Euphemitopsis multinodosa

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Euphemitopsis multinodosa was named by Yochelson (1960). It is not extant. Its type locality is B.E.G. 199-T9-1.3A12, Hall's Bluff, Runnels County, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Clyde Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Euphemitopsis multinodosa Yochelson
1995Euphemitopsis multinodosa Kues p. 81 figs. 9.8-9.11
1997Euphemitopsis multinodosa Kulas and Batten p. 36 figs. pl. 1 f. 8A-C
2023Euphemitopsis multinodosa Wagner p. 5881

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

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.

†Euphemitopsis multinodosa Yochelson 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2411.95.0023.813.94.19

Composition: aragonitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: deposit feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-05-20 05:42:43
Modified: 2025-08-07 22:22:45
Source: f = family
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 293.52000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Euphemitopsis multinodosa (39150 39151 39153 39154 39155 101786 121447)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (New Mexico) Euphemitopsis multinodosa (101770 101771 101797 101800 121509)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Euphemitopsis multinodosa (90007 101769 121374 121489 type locality: 121494 121504)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Arizona) Euphemitopsis multinodosa (121358)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Euphemitopsis multinodosa (121486 121490 121492)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Wyoming) Euphemitopsis multinodosa (61938)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Wyoming) Euphemitopsis multinodosa (61949)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (Wyoming) Euphemitopsis multinodosa (61948)