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Glossaulax reclusiana (Recluz's moon snail)

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica reclusiana was named by Deshayes (1839) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10130 m. kosnik taxon no: 10130 m. kosnik taxon no: 10130 m. kosnik taxon no: 10130 DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene-Recent; eastern Pacific. m. kosnik taxon no: 10130 m. kosnik taxon no: 10130 m. kosnik taxon no: 10130 m. kosnik taxon no: 10130 DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene-Recent; eastern Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Polinices recluziana by Deshayes (1841); it was recombined as Neverita recluziana by Ashley (1895) and Dall (1921); it was recombined as Polynices (Neverita) recluziana by Arnold (1903); it was corrected as Natica recluziana by Nomland (1917); it was recombined as Natica (Neverita) recluziana by Clark (1918); it was recombined as Polinices (Neverita) recluziana by Clark and Arnold (1923), Hertlein and Jordan (1927); it was recombined as Polinices (Neverita) reclusianus by Grant, IV and Gale (1931) and Keen (1971); it was recombined as Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus by Clark and Anderson (1938), Keen (1971); it was recombined as Neverita reclusiana by Woodring and Bramlette (1950), Stanton (1966); it was recombined as Polinices reclusianus by Addicott and Emerson (1959); it was recombined as Neverita (Glossaulax) reclusiana by Marincovich (1977), Kiessling (2003); it was misspelled as Polinices recluzianus by Bruff (1946); it was recombined as Glossaulax reclusiana by Majima (1989), Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Natica reclusiana Deshayes
1841Polinices recluziana Deshayes
1864Neverita secta Gabb p. 108 figs. PI. 29, Fig. 220, and 220 a
1866Neverita callosa Gabb p. 10 figs. pl. 2, figs. 17, 17a-b
1895Neverita recluziana Ashley p. 343
1903Polynices (Neverita) recluziana Arnold pp. 314 - 315 figs. Platk X, Fig. 1-2
1917Natica recluziana Nomland p. 213
1918Natica (Neverita) recluziana Clark p. 167
1921Neverita recluziana Dall p. 165
1923Polinices (Neverita) recluziana Clark and Arnold p. 169
1923Polinices (Neverita) recluziana vancouverensis Clark and Arnold p. 169 figs. Plate 33, Figs. 2a, 2b, 3
1927Polinices (Neverita) recluziana Hertlein and Jordan p. 630
1927Neverita secta Stewart p. 325 figs. Plate XXX, fig. 17
1931Polinices (Neverita) reclusianus Grant, IV and Gale
1931Polinices (Neverita) reclusianus callosa Grant, IV and Gale
1938Neverita secta hemisecta Clark p. 702 figs. Plate 4, figures 29, 30, 32, 33; plate 3, figures 26, 27
1938Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus Clark and Anderson p. 954
1946Polinices recluzianus Bruff p. 233
1950Neverita reclusiana Woodring and Bramlette p. 41
1959Polinices reclusianus Addicott and Emerson
1966Neverita reclusiana Stanton, Jr. p. 33
1969Neverita (Glossaulax) thomsonae Hickman p. 84 figs. pl. 11, fig. 20-23
1971Polinices (Neverita) reclusianus Keen
1971Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus Keen p. 482
1973Neverita (Glossaulax) thomsonae Addicott p. 19
1976Neverita (Glossaulax) thomsonae Moore p. 32
1977Neverita (Glossaulax) reclusiana Marincovich pp. 317 - 328 figs. PI. 29, figs. 4-12; PL 30, figs. 1-4; Text-fig. 13
1989Glossaulax reclusiana Majima p. 51
2003Neverita (Glossaulax) reclusiana Kiessling
2021Glossaulax reclusiana Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusGlossaulaxRisso 1826
speciesreclusiana(Deshayes 1839)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 [Recluz's moon snail]
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Invalid names: Neverita (Glossaulax) thomsonae Hickman 1969 [synonym], Neverita callosa Gabb 1866 [synonym], Neverita secta Gabb 1864 [synonym], Polinices (Neverita) recluziana vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931Shell solid, conically globose, variable m shape; whorls four, in most cases only three visible when the outer shell layer is intact; callus very large, fillmg the posterior angle between the outer lip and the body whorl and extending around the columellar edge of the large uml)ilicus in a tongue-shaped mass, coalescing with another mass which extends over the rest of the umbilicus from about the middle of the inner lip, the two calluses separated by a more or less distinct shallow groove, the calluses completely covering over the lunl^Uicus or leaving only a rounded hole at the outer anterior corner, the calluses bounded by an impressed edge next to the umbihcal wall; size variable, like the shape. Average dimensions: Long. 30 mm., lat. 20 mm., or vice versa.