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Euphemites graffhami

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Euphemites graffhami was named by Moore (1941). Its type specimen is KU 32691, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is US Highway 40, 9.4 miles west of Lawrence, 3 miles south of Lecompton, which is in a Virgilian carbonate limestone in the Deer Creek Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Euphemites graffhami Moore pp. 142 - 145 figs. pl. 2 f. 1a-d, 2, 3a-b, 4a-b, 5a-b, 6a-b; txt. f. 3C-D
2016Euphemites graffhami Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 484 figs. 5F-L

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

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 graffhami Moore 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height125.0

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 Virgilian to the top of the Wordian or 303.70000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Euphemites graffhami (type locality: 111225)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Euphemites graffhami (156715)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand Euphemites graffhami (181783)