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Lunatia catena

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
L. chulucana, L. climacodes, L. hemicrypta, L. klipsteini, L. leptostomata, L. obliquata, Polinices (Lunatia) utoensis

Synonymy list
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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
genusLunatiaGray 1847
speciescatena

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Lunatia catena (77404) Lunatia catena, Lunatia catena, Lunatia catena (77402)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Lunatia catena (72305)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Lunatia catena (72310)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Lunatia catena (72318)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece Lunatia catena (72414)