Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative combinations: Natica helicina, Polinices (Euspira) helicinus
Belongs to Euspira according to Pedriali and Robba 2009
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 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 pallida, 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 Iceland (2 collections), Italy (3)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Italy (8), the United Kingdom (1)
• Miocene of Austria (6), Belgium (6), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (29), Italy (1), the Netherlands (2), Romania (2), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (5), Denmark (5), the Netherlands (1)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 78 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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