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EUOMPHALIDAE [1 record]

Record 1 1977-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Gastropods of the] family Euomphalidae (...) [have] shells [that are] mostly discoidal with [a] wide umbilicus, but varying in form through [a] wide range; [the] abandoned early part of [the] whorls [are] closed off by septa; [a] presumed exhalent channel [is] generally present within [the] outer-upper angulation, rarely with [a] short slit or selenizone; [the] outer calcitic shell layer may be pigmented and in several general foreign materials such as other shells may be cemented to [the] outer surface. "L.Ord.-Trias., ?U-Cret."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[La] famille des Euomphalidae [est une] famille [de Gastéropodes] connue du Cambrien inférieur à l'Albien. [Ils ont des] stries d'accroissement formant deux sinus, le labre faisant entre eux une avancée suivant le plan de symétrie du tour.

Spanish

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