Polinices peselephanti Link 1807 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Alternative combination: Natica peselephanti

Synonyms: Natica (Polinices) powisiana Recluz 1853, Natica powisiana Recluz 1853, Polinices powisianus Recluz 1853

Belongs to Polinices according to Majima 1989

See also Vredenburg 1928

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 lacteus, Polinices lavelana, Polinices lobatus, Polinices mammata, Polinices mammilla, Polinices melanostomus, Polinices mercedensis, Polinices otis, Polinices panamaensis, 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 arctecostata, Naticella bronnii, Naticella compressa, Naticella praesublineata

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Eritrea (1), Sudan (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1)

• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1)

• Miocene of Indonesia (10)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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