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Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Lunatia nuciformis was named by Gabb (1864) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10112].

It was recombined as Euspira nuciformis by Stewart (1927); it was recombined as Natica nuciformis by Hanna (1927); it was recombined as Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis by Clark and Woodford (1927), Turner (1938), Marincovich (1977), Squires (1984), Squires (1987).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Lunatia nuciformis Gabb p. 107 figs. PI. 28, Fig. 218
1915Lunatia cowlitzensis Dickerson p. 57 figs. Pl. 4, figs, 12a-b
1927Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Clark and Woodford p. 121 figs. Pl 21, figs 16,17
1927Natica nuciformis Hanna p. 305
1927Euspira nuciformis Stewart pp. 323 - 324 figs. Plate XXX, fig. 16
1938Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Turner p. 88
1977Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Marincovich pp. 281 - 285 figs. PI. 26, figs. 6-9
1984Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Squires p. 25
1987Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Squires p. 37 fig. 46

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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
speciesnuciformis()

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.

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Invalid names: Lunatia cowlitzensis Dickerson 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available