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Euphemites callosus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Euphemus callosus was named by Weller (1930). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of Roodhouse/Scottdale Rd, east of W. County LIne Road, which is in a Desmoinesian carbonate limestone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Euphemites callosus by Moore (1941), Sturgeon (1964) and Yochelson and Saunders (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Euphemus callosus Weller pp. 15-21 figs. pl. 2 f. 1a-3b
1941Euphemites callosus Moore pp. 133 – 135; 140 – 141 figs. 1a-e, 2a-e, 4a-b
1964Euphemites callosus Sturgeon p. 198
1967Euphemites callosus Yochelson and Saunders p. 76

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

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 callosus Weller 1930
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Diagnosis
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