Polinices eminulus Conrad 1833 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Alternative combinations: Euspira eminula, Lunatia eminula, Natica eminula

Synonyms: Natica (Lunatia) parva Lea 1833, Natica parva Lea 1833, Polynices (Lunatia) parva Lea 1833

Belongs to Polinices according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1966

See also CoBabe and Allmon 1994 and Harris and Palmer 1947

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 fallai, Polinices flemingianus, Polinices gainesanus, Polinices hepaticus, Polinices hornii, Polinices incei, Polinices intemeratus, Polinices intermeratus, Polinices kummeli, Polinices lacteus, Polinices lavelana, 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 uber, Polinices victorianus, Polinices waipaensis, Polinices washingtonensis, Polinices weisbordi, Polynices consimilis, Polynices hornii, Polynices jorgensis, Polynices ortmanni, Polynices santacrucensis, Naticella tuba, Naticella bronnii, Naticella compressa, Naticella arctecostata, Naticella praesublineata

Type specimens:

  • Polinices eminulus: ANSP 15172, a shell
  • Natica (Lunatia) parva: ANSP 5518, a shell.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (18: Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas collections)

• Paleocene of United States (21: Alabama, Texas)

Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence

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