Extinct family of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Euomphalidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic to early Mesozoic 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.
| Euomphalidae | |
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| A specimen of Euomphalus pentangulatus on display at the Paleontological Museum in Munich | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Euomphaloidea |
| Family: | †Euomphalidae White, 1877[1] |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Schizostomatidae Bronn, 1849 (inv.) | |
Genera in the family Euomphalidae include:[2]
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