Gastropoda - Naticoidea - Naticidae
Alternative spellings: Natica (Lunatia), Polinices (Lunatia), Polynices (Lunatia)
Parent taxon: Naticidae according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
See also Kabat 1991, Marasti 1973, Martin 1904, Olsson 1931, Palmer and Brann 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Campbell 1987
Sister taxa: Amaurellina, Amauropsella, Amauropsina, Amauropsona, Amaurospina, Ampullospirinae, Austrocochlis, Banis, Chilocyclus, Cochlis, Eunatica, Euspirocrommium, Forator, Globisininae, Globulariinae, Gyrodinae, Magnatica, Maxwellinatica, Naticinae, Payradeautia, Polinicinae, Sigatica, Sininae, Taniella
Subtaxa: Lunatia chulucana Lunatia hemicrypta Lunatia lewisii
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection), United States (4: California)
• Blancan of United States (4: California)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Spain (1), United States (4: Alaska, California, Virginia)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: Alaska)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Brazil (4), Greece (2), India (1), Italy (1), United States (7: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), France (28), Mexico (3)
• Eocene of Japan (3), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Spain (12), United States (1: Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Denmark (5), Greenland (4), New Zealand (2), United States (3: California, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Germany (1), Mexico (7), New Zealand (4), United States (9: Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
Total: 127 collections including 135 occurrences
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