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Euomphalidae

Euomphalidae
Euomphalus pentangulatus.JPG
A specimen of Euomphalus pentangulatus on display at the Paleontological Museum in Munich
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: ?Gastropoda
Superfamily: Euomphaloidea
Family: Euomphalidae
White, 1877
Synonyms

Schizostomatidae Bronn, 1849 (inv.)
Euomphalopteridae Bronn, 1849 (inv.)
Polytropidae Ulrich, 1897 (inv.)
Straparollinae Cossmann, 1916
Poleumitidae Wenz, 1938


Schizostomatidae Bronn, 1849 (inv.)
Euomphalopteridae Bronn, 1849 (inv.)
Polytropidae Ulrich, 1897 (inv.)
Straparollinae Cossmann, 1916
Poleumitidae Wenz, 1938

Euomphalidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic 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.

Genera in the family Euomphalidae include:




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