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Euomphalidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
†Euomphaloidea

Rank
  
Family

Class
  
?Gastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Euomphalidae

Similar
  
Euomphalus, Straparollus, Bellerophontidae

Euomphalidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic marine molluscs which may be gastropods with anisostrophically coiled shells (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). The shells show a selenizone.

Genera

Genera in the family Euomphalidae include:

  • Acanthonema
  • Alaionema
  • Amphiscapha
  • Anisostoma
  • Araeonema - synonym: Palaeoturbina
  • Austerum
  • Bicarina
  • Biformispira
  • Centrifugus - synonym: Hisingeria
  • Coelodiscus
  • Cylicioscapha
  • Discotropis
  • Eleutherospira
  • Elkoceras
  • Euomphalopsis
  • Euomphalus J. de C. Sowerby, 1814 - type genus - synonyms: Phymatifer, Schizostoma, Paromphalus.
  • Fletcherviewia
  • Goldfussoceras
  • Hippocampoides
  • Kiaeromphalus
  • Leptomphalus
  • Linsleyella
  • Nevadaspira
  • Nodeuomphalus
  • Novakopteron
  • Nummocalcar
  • Odontomaria
  • Offleyotrochus
  • Phanerotinus
  • Planotectus
  • Platybasis
  • Pleuronotus
  • Poleumita - synonyms: Polytropina, Polytropis.
  • Rhabdotocochlis
  • Saturnotropis
  • Sinistrispira
  • Sinutropis
  • Spinicharybdiinae
  • Straparollus
  • Stusakia
  • Tychobrahea
  • Weeksia
  • Woehrmannia

    • References

    Euomphalidae Wikipedia
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