Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative combinations: Natica lactea, Naticina lactea, Polinices (Mammilla) lactea, Polinices lactea
Belongs to Polinices according to N. E. Weisbord 1962
See also Callapez and Ferreira Soares 2000 and Hendy et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Natica (Polinices) togoensis, Polinices (Conuber), Polinices (Hypterita), Polinices (Polinella), Polinices (Polinices), Polinices albumen, Polinices albus, Polinices blaesus, Polinices candidissimus, Polinices cerovaensis, Polinices coensis, Polinices conicus, Polinices dubius, Polinices eminulus, Polinices fallai, Polinices flemingianus, Polinices gainesanus, Polinices hepaticus, Polinices hornii, Polinices incei, Polinices intemeratus, Polinices intermeratus, Polinices kummeli, Polinices lavelana, Polinices lincolnensis, Polinices lobatus, Polinices mammata, Polinices mammilla, Polinices melanostomus, Polinices mercedensis, Polinices otis, Polinices panamaensis, Polinices peselephanti, Polinices porcana, Polinices powisiana, Polinices prolactea, Polinices pseudoredempta, Polinices recluziana, Polinices redemptus, Polinices repenningi, Polinices sebae, Polinices shumardianus, Polinices simiae, Polinices sookensis, Polinices sordidus, Polinices stanislasmeunieri, Polinices subtenuis, Polinices susanaensis, Polinices uber, Polinices victorianus, Polinices waipaensis, Polinices washingtonensis, Polinices weisbordi, Polynices consimilis, Polynices hornii, Polynices jorgensis, Polynices ortmanni, Polynices santacrucensis, Naticella bronnii, Naticella praesublineata, Naticella tuba, Naticella compressa, Naticella arctecostata
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Bermuda (1), Cape Verde (1), Cayman Islands (3), Cuba (1), Haiti (2), Jamaica (1), Portugal (1), Spain (3), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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