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 | |
Schizostomatidae Bronn, 1849 (inv.) |
Genera in the family Euomphalidae include:[2]