Euphemites

Euphemites Temporal range: Middle Devonian–Early Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda (?)
Order:	†Bellerophontida
Family:	†Euphemitidae
Subfamily:	†Euphemitinae
Genus:	†Euphemites Warthin, Jr., 1930
Species
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Euphemites is an extinct genus of gastropod belonging to order Bellerophontida and family Euphemitidae.[2] They may have been among the first burrowing gastropods.[3]

Species

• E. blaneanus McChesney[4]
• E. inspeciosus White[4]
• E. nodocarinatus Hall[4]
• E. vittatus McChesney[4]

References

1. Kaim, Andrzej; Nutzel, Alexander. "Dead bellerophontids walking—the short Mesozoic history of the Bellerophontoidea (Gastropoda)". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
2. Ketwetsuriya, Chatchalerm; Cook, Alex G.; Nützel, Alexander (March 2020). "Permian gastropods from the Ratburi Limestone, Khao Phrik, Central Thailand". PalZ. 94 (1): 53–77. doi:10.1007/s12542-019-00463-0.
3. Harper, John A.; Rollins, Harold B. (January 1985). "Infaunal or semi-infaunal bellerophont gastropods: analysis of Euphemites and functionally related taxa". Lethaia. 18 (1): 21–37. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1985.tb00681.x.
4. King, R.H. (March 1940). "The gastropod genus Euphemites in the Pennsylvanian of Texas". Journal of Paleontology. 14 (2): 150–153. JSTOR 1298568.