Euphemitidae

Euphemitidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda or Monoplacophora
Superfamily:	Bellerophontoidea
Family:	Euphemitidae; , 1956
Genera
	see text.

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 & Rocroi, 2005^[2] categorizes Euphemitidae in the superfamilia Bellerophontoidea within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position with isostrophically coiled shells (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora).

This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Euphemitidae Knight, 1956
Paleuphemitinae Frýda, 1999

Genera[]

Genera in the family Euphemitidae include:

Euphemites Warthin, 1930 - the type genus of the family Euphemitidae

References[]

^ 1956. New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2): 41-42.
^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278

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[1] 1956. New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2): 41-42.

[Bouchet-2] Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278

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