Euphemites carbonarius

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Bellerophontida Family: Euphemitidae Genus: Euphemites (Warthin, 1930) Species: Euphemites carbonarius (Cox, 1857) Eight conical specimens with large apex that curves towards the posterior end. Thin, longitudinal ornamentation/ribs on the shell. Aperture is embedded in sediment.

Specifications

Object name	Euphemites carbonarius
ID	UNB-2018-0618
Legal status	Permanent collection
Category	Fossil
Classification	Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda
Composition	Calcium carbonate
Age	Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Pennsylvanian Epoch: Upper Pennsylvanian Age: Virgilian
Numeric age	303 Mya
Origin	Coleman County, Texas, U.S.A.
Pieces	8
Partial	No
Measurements	1.3cm x 1cm x 1cm 1cm x 1.1cm x 0.8cm 1.2cm x 1cm x 1cm 1cm x 1cm x 0.9cm 1.1cm x 0.9cm x 0.8cm 1.3cm x 1cm x 0.8cm 1.1cm x 1.4cm x 1.1cm 1.1cm x 1cm x 1cm

Map of Origin

Publications

E.T. Cox. 1857. Palaeontology report of Coal Measure Mollusca. Kentucky Geological Survey 3:557-576
A. S., Jr. Warthin. 1930. Micropaleontology of the Wetumka, Wewoka, and Holdenville formations. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 53:1-94