Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative combination: Natica washingtonensis
Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1916. Tertiary faunal horizons of western Washington. University of Washington Publications in Geology 1(1):1-67
Belongs to Polinices according to B. L. Clark and C. A. Anderson 1938
See also Hickman 1980, Marincovich 1977, Moore 1976 and Weaver 1916
Sister taxa: 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 eminulus, 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 weisbordi, Polynices consimilis, Polynices hornii, Polynices jorgensis, Polynices ortmanni, Polynices santacrucensis, Naticella compressa, Naticella praesublineata, Naticella bronnii, Naticella arctecostata, Naticella tuba
Type specimen: CAS 7516, a shell. Its type locality is Galvin Station, which is in a Chattian offshore sandstone in the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Oligocene of United States (10: Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (21: California, Oregon, Washington)
Total: 33 collections including 34 occurrences
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