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Polinices (Euspira) gesteri

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica gesteri was named by Dickerson (1916) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10096]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek, which is in a Ypresian deep-water shale in the Lodo Formation of California.

It was recombined as Polinices (Euspira) gesteri by Clark and Woodford (1927); it was recombined as Polinices (Polinices) gesteri by Marincovich (1977), Kiessling (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Euspira achatensis, Euspira aldrichi, Euspira alrdichi, Euspira aritensis, Euspira briarti, Euspira catena, Euspira caudata, Euspira cirriformis, Euspira concinna, Euspira conoidea, Euspira cragini, Euspira cyclostomoides, Euspira detrita, Euspira dilatata, Euspira dorothiensis, Euspira dorothiensis pendula, Euspira edithae, Euspira exturbinoides, Euspira exvarians, Euspira fusca, Euspira gottschei, Euspira guilleminii, Euspira helicana, Euspira helicina, Euspira helicina, Euspira interna, Euspira johannae, Euspira karatsuensis, Euspira labellata, Euspira laellata, Euspira lyrata, Euspira macilenta, Euspira mariana, Euspira micromphalus, Euspira mioaperta, Euspira newtonensis, Euspira nysti, Euspira obliquata, Euspira oweni, Euspira perspecta, Euspira pila, Euspira poliana, Euspira pueyrredonensis, Euspira pueyrridonensis, Euspira rectilabium, Euspira rectilabrum texanus, Euspira reetilabrum, Euspira reflecta, Euspira rivulana, Euspira rotunda, Euspira saxosulensis, Euspira sayana, Euspira selwyniana, Euspira smolanensis, Euspira stantoni, Euspira staringi, Euspira subcrassa, Euspira susanaensis, Euspira tenuicula, Euspira tuomeyi, Euspira turbinoides, Euspira varians, Euspira venusta, Euspira vicksburgensis, Natica achatensis, Natica ambulacrum, P. achatensis, P. aijensis, P. alamedensis, P. aratus, P. aurantus, P. benoisti, P. brunneus, P. brunneus, P. canalizonalis, P. catena, P. catena, P. cerreria, P. columnaris, P. compressus, P. concinna, P. cumingianus, P. cumingianus, P. demicryptus, P. famula, P. gulianoi, P. hantoniensis, P. harrisii, P. hepaticus, P. horni, P. hornii, P. humboldi, P. huttoni, P. incertus, P. josephinia, P. julianna, P. lacetus, P. lewisi, P. mamilla, P. martini, P. medinae, P. miocolligens, P. nagahamai, P. nelsoni, P. obliquata, P. onustus, P. onustus, P. opaca, P. panamensis, P. pinionensis, P. porcellanus, P. prolaceteus, P. prolacteus, P. propeovatus, P. proredempta, P. proredemptus, P. protractus, P. pseudoredemptus, P. rapulum, P. rapulum, P. reclusianus, P. recluzianus, P. robustus, P. sagamiensis, P. secunda, P. solida, P. stanislas, P. stanislasmeunieri, P. stanislasmeunieri, P. stanislasneunieri, P. subangulata, P. subclausa, P. subclausa, P. subclausus, P. subcrassa, P. subporcana, P. tumidus, P. tuomeyi, P. turbinoides, P. turgidus, P. vectensis, P. washingtoni, P. wshingtonensis, P. defrancei, P. orangensis, P. subvarians, P. dilatata, P. globosus, P. hemicryptus, P. nuciformes, P. nysti, P. santacruzensis, P. staringi, P. achatensis, P. caroliniana, P. candidissima, P. angolae, P. eucallosus, P. glauca, P. paraguanensis, P. paraguanensis, P. quirosana, P. reclusianus, P. reclusianus, P. reclusianus, P. recluziana, P. uamenensis, P. onustus, P. onustus, P. australis, P. australis, P. bilobatus, P. finlayi, P. finlayi, P. finlayi, P. lobata, P. modestus, P. obstructus, P. scalptus, P. brunneus, P. callosior, P. carolinensis, P. caroliniana, P. columnaris, P. cumingianus, P. kamtschatica, P. marambiensis, P. miocolligens, P. miopusillus, P. mucronatus, P. newtoni, P. onustus, P. otaioensis, P. panamanensis, P. panamensis, P. parki, P. saulae, P. snatolensis, P. subtenius, P. tehuacana, P. tigilensis, P. woodi, Polnices waipipiensis, Polynices byramensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Natica gesteri Dickerson p. 496 figs. Plate 38, figure 6
1927Polinices (Euspira) gesteri Clark and Woodford p. 120 figs. Pl 21, figs 14,15
1977Polinices (Polinices) gesteri Marincovich p. 251 figs. PI. 21, figs. 10, 11
2003Polinices (Polinices) gesteri Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusPolinicesAgassiz 1837
subgenusEuspira
speciesgesteri()

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.

Polinices (Euspira) gesteri Dickerson 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available