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Euomphalus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Euomphaloidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Euomphalidae

Rank
  
Genus

Euomphalus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsaa

Similar
  
Straparollus, Naticopsis, Pleurotomaria, Chonetes, Platyceras

Euomphalus is a genus of fossil marine gastropods known to have lived from the Silurian to the Middle Permian.

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Euomphalus FileEuomphalus laevisJPG Wikimedia Commons

Description

Euomphalus FileEuomphalus crateriformisjpg Wikimedia Commons

Euomphalus is characterized by a closely coiled shell with a depressed to slightly elevated spire and a channel-bearing angulation (a selenizone) on the upper surface of the whorls. The lower surface of the whorls is rounded to angular.

Euomphalus FileStraparollus Euomphalusjpg Wikimedia Commons

Amphiscapha, Philoxene, and Straparollus are among similar related genera. Serpulospira, also related, differs in having a broadly open spiral in the adult form.

Taxonomy

Euomphalus is the type genus of the family Euomphalidae. Euomphalus pentangulatus (Sowerby) is its type species.

Species

Euomphalus Pennsylvanian Atlas of Ancient Life American Midcontinent

  • Euomphalus radiatus Menke, 1850: synonym of Heliacus (Heliacus) areola bicanaliculatus (Valenciennes, 1832) represented as Heliacus areola bicanaliculatus (Valenciennes, 1832)

    • Euomphalus EUOMPHALUS

    References

    Euomphalus Wikipedia
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