Biology:Bembexia
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Subfamily: | Eotomariinae
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| Genus: | Bembexia Oehlert & Oehlert 1888
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† Bembexia is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This genus is placed in the subfamily Eotomariinae, of the family Eotomariidae. The shell characters resemble those of Balbinipleura. These snails have been interpreted as herbivorous, probably grazing on algae.
These fossils are found in sedimentary rocks deposited from 340 to 420 million years ago, including the Hamilton Group of eastern North America. Other fossil sites include Alaska, Western Europe including the UK, Venezuela, China and Australia .
Species
Species within the genus Bembexia include:
- Bembexia adjutor
- Bembexia babini
- Bembexia chapernowni
- Bembexia crenatostriata
- Bembexia disjuncta
- Bembexia gradilispira
- Bembexia headillus
- Bembexia insolita
- Bembexia inumbilicata
- Bembexia laevis
- Bembexia larteti
- Bembexia micula
- Bembexia minima
- Bembexia neapolitana
- Bembexia planidorsalis
- Bembexia procteri
- Bembexia seminuda
- Bembexia testis
References
- "Bembexia". The Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=8603.
- Maryland Geological Survey (1913). "The Middle Devonian Deposits of Maryland". Middle and Upper Devonian, text.. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. pp. 107. https://books.google.com/books?id=169LAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA107.
- Fryda, J.; Blodgett, R. B. (2004). "New Emsian (late Early Devonian) Gastropods from Limestone Mountain, Medfra B-4 Quadrangle, West-central Alaska (farewell Terrane), and Their Paleobiogeographic Affinities and Evolutionary Significance". Journal of Paleontology 78 (1): 111–132. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0111:NELEDG>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360. http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/78/1/111.
Wikidata ☰ Q16951153 entry
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