Amphelissa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: †Helicotomidae
Genus: †Amphelissa
Etheridge, Jr., 1921

Amphelissa is an extinct genus of paleozoic gastropod in the family Helicotomidae.[1][2] The genus was first named by British paleontologist Robert Etheridge, Junior.[3] Amphelissa lived during the Devonian period in Australia, and was a suspension feeder.[4]

Species

  • Amphelissa carinatum
  • Amphelissa isisensis

References

  1. ↑ "James Cook University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Register of Fossil Localities, 1962 to 2005". trove.nla.gov.au. Trove, Government of Australia.
  2. ↑ The Paleobiology Database, retrieved 29 November 2018
  3. ↑ Etheridge, Robert (1917). "Palaeontologia Novae Cambriae Meridionalis—occasional descriptions of New South Wales fossils—No. 6". Records of the Australian Museum. 11 (10): 219–226. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.11.1917.917. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Cook, Alex G. (2001). "Palaeobiogeography of Australian Devonian gastropods". Historical Biology. 15 (1–2): 77–82. doi:10.1080/10292380109380583. S2CID 128884762.


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