Natica (Natica) weaveri Tegland 1933 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Full reference: N. M. Tegland. 1933. The fauna of the type Blakeley Upper Oligocene of Washington. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23(3):81-174

Belongs to Natica (Natica) according to L. Marincovich 1977

See also Durham 1944 and Effinger 1938

Sister taxa: Natica (Natica) castrenoides, Natica (Natica) clarki, Natica (Natica) cuspidata, Natica (Natica) grayi, Natica (Natica) inexpectans, Natica (Natica) kanakoffi, Natica (Natica) mamilla, Natica (Natica) millepunctata, Natica (Natica) peruviana, Natica (Natica) saxea, Natica (Natica) sigillata

Type specimen: UCMP 32183

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)

• Eocene of United States (17: Oregon, Washington)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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