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Euphemites carbonarius

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon carbonarius was named by Cox (1857). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Euphemus carbonarius by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Euphemus carbonaria by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Euphemites carbonarius by Yochelson (1960) and Pan (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Bellerophon carbonarius Cox p. 562
1897Euphemus carbonarius Ulrich and Scofield p. 855
1944Euphemus carbonaria Reed
1960Euphemites carbonarius Yochelson p. 254
1997Euphemites carbonarius Pan p. 606

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

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height217.217.017.517.20.354

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 Late/Upper Mississippian to the top of the Changhsingian or 330.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) Euphemus carbonarius (112183)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Ohio) Euphemus carbonarius (71998 184122)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) Euphemus carbonarius (90784)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Euphemites carbonarius (70278 70294 70307 70381 70382 70383 70482 70485)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Euphemites carbonarius (8632 8633 8634 8635 8636 8637 8638 8639 8640 8641 8642 8643 8644 8645 8646 8647 8648 8649 8650 8651) Euphemus carbonarius (90781 90782 90783 90785 90787)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Euphemites carbonarius (939 941 1042)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9USA (Utah) Euphemites carbonarius (39993 39994 39995)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Euphemus carbonarius (184103 184105)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Euphemus carbonarius (174923)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Euphemus carbonarius (71993)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Euphemites carbonarius (49830 49833 50219)
Asselian - Kungurian298.9 - 272.3Canada (Alberta) Euphemites carbonarius (62371)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Euphemus carbonarius (86543)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Euphemus carbonaria (125805 125807)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Pakistan Euphemus carbonarius (126741)