Tanea Marwick 1931 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Parent taxon: Naticidae according to T. A. Darragh 2017

See also Beu et al. 1990, Majima 1989 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amaurellina, Amauropsella, Amauropsina, Amauropsona, Amaurospina, Ampullospirinae, Austrocochlis, Banis, Chilocyclus, Cochlis, Eunatica, Euspirocrommium, Forator, Globisininae, Globulariinae, Gyrodinae, Lunatia, Magnatica, Maxwellinatica, Natica ocoyana, Naticinae, Payradeautia, Polinicinae, Sigatica, Sininae, Taniella

Subtaxa: Tanea dillwyni Tanea hamiltonensis Tanea lineata Tanea undulata Tanea zelandica

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Type: Natica zelandica

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), New Zealand (2), Thailand (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), Italy (1), Japan (2), Pakistan (2)

• Miocene of Australia (7), Germany (1), India (1), Indonesia (4), Italy (1), New Zealand (9)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (3)

• Eocene of Australia (3), New Zealand (3)

Total: 47 collections each including a single occurrence

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