Euomphalidae
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Euomphalidae is an extinct family
of Paleozoic
molluscs which may possibly be gastropods with anisostrophically coiled shells (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of Paleozoic
Paleozoic
The Paleozoic era is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon, spanning from roughly...
molluscs which may possibly be gastropods with anisostrophically coiled shells (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
).
Genera
Genera in the family Euomphalidae include:- Acanthonema
- Alaionema
- AmphiscaphaAmphiscaphaAmphiscapha is a genus of marine mollusks that may be fossil sea snails. It is an euomphalid genus which is found in the Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian of North America and South America.-Description:...
- Anisostoma
- Araeonema - synonym: Palaeoturbina
- Austerum
- Bicarina
- Biformispira
- Centrifugus - synonym: Hisingeria
- CoelodiscusCoelodiscusCeolodiscus is a genus in the gastropod family Euomphalidae from the Lower and Middle Jurassic of Europe. The shell is small but stocky; involute or with a slightly protruding spire. Whorls are generally smooth, evenly rounded and slightly overlapping; umbilicus deep, aperture ovate.-References:*J....
- Condonella
- Cylicioscapha
- Discotropis
- Eleutherospira
- Elkoceras
- Euomphalopsis
- EuomphalusEuomphalusEuomphalus is a genus of fossil marine gastropods known to have lived from the Silurian to the Middle Permian. Euomphalus is characterized by a closely coiled shell with a depressed to slightly elevated spire and a channel-bearing angulation on the upper surface of the whorls...
J. de C. SowerbyJames De Carle SowerbyJames De Carle Sowerby was a British mineralogist and illustrator. He received an education in chemistry.He continued his father's work and published, together with his brother George Brettingham Sowerby I, the latter volumes of the Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, begun by their...
, 1814 - type genusType genusIn biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
- synonyms: Phymatifer, Schizostoma, Paromphalus. - Fletcherviewia
- Goldfussoceras
- Hippocampoides
- Kiaeromphalus
- Leptomphalus
- Linsleyella
- Nevadaspira
- Nodeuomphalus
- Novakopteron
- Nummocalcar
- Odontomaria
- Offleyotrochus
- Phanerotinus
- Planotectus
- Platybasis
- Pleuronotus
- PoleumitaPoleumitaPoleumita is an extinct genus of medium-sized sea snails, fossil marine gastropods in the family Euomphalidae. They are known from the Silurian period.- External links :* Paleobiology database * Photo of one species and more info...
- synonyms: Polytropina, Polytropis. - Rhabdotocochlis
- Saturnotropis
- Sinistrispira
- Sinutropis
- Spinicharybdiinae
- Straparollus
- Stusakia
- Tychobrahea
- Weeksia
- Woehrmannia