Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative combinations: Natica uber, Polinices (Polinices) uber
Synonyms: Natica ovum Menke 1850, Natica virginea Récluz 1850
Belongs to Polinices according to C. L. Powell 2008
See also Keen 1971 and Marincovich 1977
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 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 victorianus, Polinices waipaensis, Polinices washingtonensis, Polinices weisbordi, Polynices consimilis, Polynices hornii, Polynices jorgensis, Polynices ortmanni, Polynices santacrucensis, Naticella arctecostata, Naticella tuba, Naticella compressa, Naticella bronnii, Naticella praesublineata
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (3 collections), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), Mexico (3), Panama (1), Peru (5), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), United States (5: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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