Euphemites gastropod.jpg
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Euphemites gastropod
SITE LOCATION: Stephens County, Texas, USA
TIME PERIOD: Pennsylvanian Period (299-323 Million Years ago)
Data: Euphemites, extinct genus of gastropods (snails) abundant during the Late Carboniferous Period (between 320 and 286 million years ago) in the shallow seas that covered the midcontinental region of North America. Euphemites was a small, globular snail with a broad and arcuate (bow-shaped) aperture. Ornamentation consists of parallel ridges separated by troughs following the plane of coiling.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: †Bellerophontida
Family: †Euphemitidae
Genus: †Euphemites
Photo Information
- Taken with Canon Canon PowerShot SX120 IS
- Focal Length 8.2 mm
- Exposure Time 1/60
- f Aperture f/3.2
- ISO Speed 80
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