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Euphemites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Bellerophontina
Superfamily:
Bellerophontacea
Family:
Sinuitidae
Subfamily:
Euphemitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Euphemites WARTHIN, 1930 [pro Euphemus M'Coy, 1844 (non Laporte-Castelnau, 1836)]
Type Species:
Bellerophon urii Fleming, 1828, SD WAAGEN, 1880
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Fig. 93,4. *E. urii (FLEMING), L.Carb., Scot.; 4a-c, left, apertural, abapertural sides, X2.7.
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.N.Am.-S.Am.-N.Afr.-Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev., L.Carb.(Miss.}
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Numerous (approximately 10) more or less strong sharp spiral cords on parietal inductura, reaching far within whorls and commonly continuing inductura over exterior rather more than a half volution; similar cords on coinductura where this layer is present; perinductural pustules occur in some species.
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Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Bellerophontina
Superfamily:
Bellerophontacea
Family:
Sinuitidae
Subfamily:
Euphemitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Euphemites WARTHIN, 1930 [pro Euphemus M'Coy, 1844 (non Laporte-Castelnau, 1836)]
Type Species:
Bellerophon urii Fleming, 1828, SD WAAGEN, 1880
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 93,4. *E. urii (FLEMING), L.Carb., Scot.; 4a-c, left, apertural, abapertural sides, X2.7.
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.N.Am.-S.Am.-N.Afr.-Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev., L.Carb.(Miss.}
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Numerous (approximately 10) more or less strong sharp spiral cords on parietal inductura, reaching far within whorls and commonly continuing inductura over exterior rather more than a half volution; similar cords on coinductura where this layer is present; perinductural pustules occur in some species.