''Euphemites'' is an
extinct genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
gastropod belonging to order
Bellerophontida and family
Euphemitidae
Euphemitidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic fossil molluscs of uncertain position. They have isostrophically coiled shells and may be either Gastropoda sea (snail)s, or Monoplacophora.
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & ...
. They may have been among the first burrowing gastropods.
Species
*''E. blaneanus''
McChesney[
*''E. inspeciosus'' White][
*''E. nodocarinatus'' Hall][
*''E. vittatus'' McChesney]
References
Paleozoic molluscs
Gastropods
Bellerophontidae
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