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 lincolnensis, 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 praesublineata, Naticella compressa, Naticella bronnii, Naticella arctecostata
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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