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Poleumita is an extinct genus of medium-sized sea snails, fossil marine gastropods in the family Euomphalidae. This genus is known from the Silurian period.[1]

Poleumita
Temporal range: Late Silurian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Euomphalidae
Genus: Poleumita
Clarke & Ruedemann, 1903
Species
  • Poleumita alatum
  • Poleumita anabarica
  • Poleumita crenulata
  • Poleumita discors
  • Poleumita gyrans
  • Poleumita haliburtoni
  • Poleumita hudsonica
  • Poleumita myeri
  • Poleumita prosseri
  • Poleumita rugaelineata
  • Poleumita rugosa
  • Poleumita scamnata
  • Poleumita semiplanus
  • Poleumita sulcata
  • Poleumita walmstedti
Synonyms
  • Polytropina
  • Polytropis

References

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  1. ^ Wagner, P. J. (2004). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Earliest Anisostrophically Coiled Gastropods". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 88: 1–152. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.88.1.[permanent dead link]
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  • Paleobiology database [1]
  • Photo of one species and more info [2]