''Poleumita'' is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of medium-sized sea snails,

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

marine gastropods in the family Euomphalidae. This genus is known from the Silurian period.

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* Paleobiology databas

* Photo of one species and more inf

Euomphalidae Paleozoic life of Ontario Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories Paleozoic life of Nunavut Silurian gastropods {{paleo-gastropod-stub