Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Parent taxon: Polinices according to L. Marincovich 1977
See also Harzhauser 2002, Keen 1971, Ladd 1977 and Marasti 1973
Sister taxa: Natica (Polinices) togoensis, Polinices (Conuber), Polinices (Hypterita), Polinices (Polinella), 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 lacteus, 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 tuba, Naticella compressa, Naticella praesublineata, Naticella arctecostata, Naticella bronnii
Subtaxa: Polinices (Polinices) amiculatus Polinices (Polinices) aurantius Polinices (Polinices) bifasciatus Polinices (Polinices) gesteri Polinices (Polinices) hornii Polinices (Polinices) limi Polinices (Polinices) otis Polinices (Polinices) panamaensis Polinices (Polinices) pijiguayensis Polinices (Polinices) powisianus Polinices (Polinices) susanaensis Polinices (Polinices) woodsi
Ecology: fast-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), the Philippines (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (8), Fiji (1), Indonesia (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), the Philippines (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), Germany (11), Indonesia (11), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (4), Colombia (1), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (1), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (2), United States (4: California, Washington)
• Paleocene of Mexico (2), New Zealand (2), United States (6: California, Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)
Total: 72 collections including 83 occurrences