Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative combinations: Natica affinis, Nerita affinis, Tectonatica affinis
Synonyms: Cryptonatica aleutica Dall 1919, Cryptonatica clausa Broderip and Sowerby 1829, Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip and Sowerby 1829, Natica (Tectonatica) clausa Broderip and Sowerby 1829, Natica clausa Broderip and Sowerby 1829, Natica russa Gould 1859, Neverita russa Gould 1859, Tectonatica clausa Broderip and Sowerby 1829, Tectonatica russa Gould 1859
Belongs to Cryptonatica according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Hendy 2020, Hendy et al. 2008, Majima 1989, Marincovich 1977, Marincovich 1988, Willett 1937 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Cryptonatica andoi, Cryptonatica janthostoma, Cryptonatica noe, Cryptonatica oregonensis, Natica (Cryptonatica) oregonensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (7: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections), Greenland (7), Iceland (8), United States (53: Alaska, California, Maine, Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (7: California, Washington)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (2), United States (14: California, Oregon)
• Miocene of Japan (1), United States (18: Alaska)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 118 collections each including a single occurrence
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