Polinices (Euspira) ramonensis Clark 1918 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Polinices (Euspira) according to L. Marincovich 1977

Sister taxa: Euspira antarctidia, Euspira bononiensis, Euspira catena, Euspira catenoides, Euspira compressa, Euspira constricta, Euspira draconis, Euspira ella, Euspira falklandica, Euspira gianoi, Euspira glaucinoides, Euspira gregori, Euspira grossularia, Euspira guamblinensis, Euspira halli, Euspira helicina, Euspira heros, Euspira internus, Euspira jacksonensis, Euspira jhuraensis, Euspira lakhaparensis, Euspira latecallosa, Euspira lewisii, Euspira marianus, Euspira marylandica, Euspira meisensis, Euspira molarensis, Euspira morisi, Euspira notabilis, Euspira ottogeyeri, Euspira pallida, Euspira patagonica, Euspira perforata, Euspira piccolii, Euspira politiana, Euspira popenoei, Euspira propeinternus, Euspira pulchella, Euspira punjabensis, Euspira rectilabrum, Euspira roei, Euspira saginata, Euspira sergipensis, Euspira soriensis, Euspira strebeli, Euspira submamillaris, Euspira subobturata, Euspira tabulata, Euspira triseriata, Euspira umbilicocarinata, Euspira umbilicolunata, Euspira vicanus, Euspira waltonensis, Natica (Euspira) diabloensis, Natica (Euspira) kirkensis, Natica (Euspira) ramonensis, Polinices (Euspira) agujanus, Polinices (Euspira) blakeleyensis, Polinices (Euspira) clementensis, Polinices (Euspira) crawfordianus, Polinices (Euspira) diabloensis, Polinices (Euspira) draconis, Polinices (Euspira) galianoi, Polinices (Euspira) gesteri, Polinices (Euspira) hotsoni, Polinices (Euspira) lewisii, Polinices (Euspira) lincolnensis, Polinices (Euspira) litorinus, Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis, Polinices (Euspira) pallidus, Polinices (Euspira) pardoanus, Polinices (Euspira) simiensis, Polinices (Euspira) vientoensis, Laguncula montrisouensis, Laguncula dorotheae

Type specimen: UCMP 11257, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (2: Alaska)

• Oligocene of United States (3: Alaska)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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