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Euphemites nodocarinatus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon nodocarinatus was named by Hall (1858). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Euphemus nodocarinatus by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Morningstar (1922) and Sturgeon (1937); it was recombined as Euphemites nodocarinatus by King (1940), Yochelson and Saunders (1967), Kues (1984), Harper and Rollins (1985), Kues and Batten (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Bellerophon nodocarinatus Hall p. 723 figs. pl. 29 f. 15a-c
1897Euphemus nodocarinatus Ulrich and Scofield p. 855
1922Euphemus nodocarinatus Morningstar pp. 249 - 250 figs. pl. 15 f. 1-3
1937Euphemus nodocarinatus Sturgeon p. 357
1940Euphemites nodocarinatus King pp. 152 - 153 figs. pl. 24 f. 7a-c
1967Euphemites nodocarinatus Yochelson and Saunders p. 78
1984Euphemites nodocarinatus Kues figs. f. 3.8-3.10
1985Euphemites nodocarinatus Harper and Rollins p. 26 figs. f. 4B
2001Euphemites nodocarinatus Kues and Batten pp. 10 - 11 figs. f. 2.17-2.25
2023Euphemites nodocarinatus Wagner p. 5114

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

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-16 10:23:56
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:27:44
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Wagner 2023, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Myachkovian or 312.80000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Euphemites nodocarinatus (195795)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Euphemites nodocarinatus (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Euphemites nodocarinatus (11100)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Euphemites nodocarinatus (70482)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Euphemites nodocarinatus (46536 146530)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Euphemites nodocarinatus (64902 64944 64945 64948 64951)