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Euspira catena

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Natica catena da Costa
2007Euspira catena 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
genusEuspiraAgassiz 1837
speciescatena(da Costa 1778)

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.

Euspira catena da Costa 1778
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-10-20 01:35:19
Modified: 2018-03-19 13:36:54
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Euspira catena (178108 178110 178111)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy Euspira catena (178112 178114 178116)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Euspira catena (178810)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Natica catena (84764 84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Euspira catena (179048 179079)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy (Umbria) Euspira catena (200419)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Umbria) Euspira catena (149603 200420)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Natica catena (178118)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Natica catena (127572 127575)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Natica catena (127360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Euspira catena (98205)