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Euphemites indicus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Euphemus indicus was named by Waagen (1880).

It was recombined as Euphemites indicus by Yochelson (1960), Yu and Xi (1974), Wang and Xi (1980) and Pan and Yu (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Euphemus indicus Waagen p. 166 figs. Pl 15, figs 1,2
1960Euphemites indicus Yochelson p. 234
1974Euphemites indicus Yu and Xi p. 300 figs. pl. 157 f. 3-4
1980Euphemites indicus Wang and Xi p. 201 figs. pl. 1 f. 8
1993Euphemites indicus Pan and Yu p. 30 figs. pl. 1 f. 1

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

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 indicus Waagen 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height116.6

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: Kiessling 2004, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Euphemus indicus (125883)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Euphemus indicus (90253 119623 119694 125912 125920 125926 125928 126004 126260 126267 126699 126737 126738 126938 126939 126940 126941 126995)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) Euphemites indicus (95757)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Pakistan Euphemus indicus (126700 126704 126705 126708 126709 126743 126745 126747 126749 126750 126751 126752 126758 126759 126762 126985 126990 127014 127017)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Euphemites indicus (110953) Euphemus indicus (83145 89064 90251 90259 119608 119637 119657 119659 119677 119689 119693 126882 126883 126887 126889 126896 126897 126898 126933 126934 126981 126988)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Euphemites indicus (112012)