Natica (Naticarius) domenginica Vokes 1939 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246

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

Sister taxa: Natica (Naticarius) brunneolinea, Natica (Naticarius) caneloensis, Natica (Naticarius) chemnitzii, Natica (Naticarius) colima, Natica (Naticarius) grayi, Natica (Naticarius) othello, Natica (Naticarius) posuncula, Natica (Naticarius) scethra, Natica (Naticarius) semilunata, Natica (Naticarius) teglandae, Natica (Naticarius) teglandi, Natica (Naticarius) unifasciata, Natica (Naticarius) uvasana, Naticarius (Naticarius), Naticarius alapapilionis, Naticarius canrena, Naticarius concinnus, Naticarius plicatella, Naticarius precursor, Naticarius scethra

Type specimen: UCMP 15843. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 672, Parsons Peak, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Natica (Naticarius) domenginica in the database

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