Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative combinations: Lunatia pallida, Natica pallida, Polinices pallida
Synonyms: Natica groenlandica Möller 1842, Polinices groenlandicus Möller 1842
Belongs to Euspira according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Ashley 1895, Hendy et al. 2008, Majima 1989, Marincovich 1977 and Wood 1879
Sister taxa: Euspira antarctidia, Euspira bononiensis, Euspira catena, Euspira catenoides, Euspira compressa, Euspira constricta, Euspira draconis, Euspira ella, Euspira falklandica, Euspira gianoi, Euspira glaucinoides, Euspira gregori, Euspira grossularia, Euspira guamblinensis, Euspira halli, Euspira helicina, Euspira heros, Euspira internus, Euspira jacksonensis, Euspira jhuraensis, Euspira lakhaparensis, Euspira latecallosa, Euspira lewisii, Euspira marianus, Euspira marylandica, Euspira meisensis, Euspira molarensis, Euspira morisi, Euspira notabilis, Euspira ottogeyeri, Euspira patagonica, Euspira perforata, Euspira piccolii, Euspira politiana, Euspira popenoei, Euspira propeinternus, Euspira pulchella, Euspira punjabensis, Euspira rectilabrum, Euspira roei, Euspira saginata, Euspira sergipensis, Euspira soriensis, Euspira strebeli, Euspira submamillaris, Euspira subobturata, Euspira tabulata, Euspira triseriata, Euspira umbilicocarinata, Euspira umbilicolunata, Euspira vicanus, Euspira waltonensis, Natica (Euspira) diabloensis, Natica (Euspira) kirkensis, Natica (Euspira) ramonensis, Polinices (Euspira) agujanus, Polinices (Euspira) blakeleyensis, Polinices (Euspira) clementensis, Polinices (Euspira) crawfordianus, Polinices (Euspira) diabloensis, Polinices (Euspira) draconis, Polinices (Euspira) galianoi, Polinices (Euspira) gesteri, Polinices (Euspira) hotsoni, Polinices (Euspira) lewisii, Polinices (Euspira) lincolnensis, Polinices (Euspira) litorinus, Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis, Polinices (Euspira) pallidus, Polinices (Euspira) pardoanus, Polinices (Euspira) ramonensis, Polinices (Euspira) simiensis, Polinices (Euspira) vientoensis, Laguncula montrisouensis, Laguncula dorotheae
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (13: British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Ontario collections), Greenland (5), Iceland (3), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Maine, Oregon)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Miocene of Japan (2)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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