Neverita josephinia Risso 1826 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Alternative combinations: Natica (Neverita) josephinia, Natica josephinia, Polinices (Neverita) josephinia

Belongs to Neverita according to M. Harzhauser 2004

See also Givens and Kennedy 1976, Harzhauser 2002 and Majima 1989

Sister taxa: Natica (Neverita) convexa, Neverita (Glossaulax), Neverita (Hypterita), Neverita (Neverita), Neverita asagaiensis, Neverita calvimontana, Neverita chiloensis, Neverita chipolanus, Neverita duplicatus, Neverita eocenica, Neverita jamesae, Neverita kaitbeyensis, Neverita limula, Neverita nereidis, Neverita olla, Neverita pabloensis, Neverita paraguanensis, Neverita samanensis, Neverita semiglobosa, Neverita subreclusiana, Polinices (Neverita) insignis, Polynices (Neverita) eocenica

Subtaxa: Natica josephinia antiqua

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), Morocco (1)

• Pliocene of Greece (2), Italy (3), Spain (1)

• Miocene of France (3), Germany (15), Greece (1), Italy (10), Romania (1), Slovakia (1)

• Oligocene of Hungary (2)

• Eocene of France (2)

Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence

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