Euomphalina

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Phylum:Mollusca
Suborder:Euomphalina
de Koninck 1881
Euomphalina
Temporal range: Upper Cambrian–Triassic[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Suborder: Euomphalina
de Koninck 1881
Superfamilies
Synonyms

Macluritina Cox and Knight 1960

The Euomphalina comprise a major suborder of mainly Paleozoic archaeogastropods,[1] shells of which are hyperstrophic to depressed orthostrophic, commonly with an angulation at the outer upper whorl surface thought to be coincident with the exhalent channel; shell wall thick, outer layer calcitic, inner layers aragonitic but not nacreous; operculum calcareous and heavy. Their range is from the Upper Cambrian to the Triassic, and possibly as high as the Upper Cretaceous.[2]

The suborder Euomphalina de Koninck 1881 is synonymous with Macluritina (Cox and Knight 1960).[3]

The suborder Euomphalina includes the extinct superfamilies Euomphaloidea, Macluritoidea, Ophiletoidea, and Platyceratoidea.

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