Bembexia

† 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.

Bembexia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Eotomarioidea
Family:	Eotomariidae
Subfamily:	Eotomariinae
Genus:	Bembexia Oehlert & Oehlert 1888
Species
See text.

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. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
• 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. p. 107. LCCN gs13000808.
• 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.