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Euphemites sparciliratus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Euphemites sparciliratus was named by Yochelson (1960). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 28185. Its type locality is AMNH512, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Euphemites sparciliratus Yochelson
2023Euphemites sparciliratus Wagner p. 5878

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

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 sparciliratus Yochelson 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height266.924.4013.37.302.20

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 Kungurian to the top of the Wordian or 279.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Euphemites sparciliratus (81592)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Wyoming) Euphemites sparciliratus (61953 62878)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Euphemites sparciliratus (43548 43551 43553 type locality: 81693 101767)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Euphemites sparciliratus (81695)