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Euspira pallida

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica pallida was named by Broderip and Sowerby (1829) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pleistocene-Recent; northern Atlantic, northern Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Lunatia pallida by Ashley (1895) and Eiriksson et al. (2004); it was recombined as Polinices pallida by Hopkins and MacNeil (1960); it was recombined as Polinices (Euspira) pallidus by Marincovich (1977); it was recombined as Euspira pallida by Majima (1989) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
  • Natica groenlandica was named by Möller (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Northern Atlantic]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Polinices groenlandicus by Richards (1962); it was synonymized subjectively with Euspira pallida by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Natica pallida Broderip and Sowerby
1842Natica groenlandica Möller p. 80
1879Natica groenlandica Wood p. 31
1895Lunatia pallida Ashley p. 343
1960Polinices pallida Hopkins and MacNeil
1962Polinices groenlandicus Richards
1977Polinices (Euspira) pallidus Marincovich pp. 276 - 281 figs. PI. 25, figs. 1-6, 8
1989Euspira pallida Majima p. 37
2004Lunatia pallida Eiriksson et al.
2021Euspira pallida 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
speciespallida(Broderip and Sowerby 1829)

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 pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829
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Invalid names: Polinices groenlandicus Möller 1842 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Okinawa) Euspira pallida (42173)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan Euspira pallida (42170)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Natica groenlandica (84761)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Alaska) Polinices pallida (41309)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greenland Lunatia pallida (75092 75099 75102)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Polinices pallida (71142)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Natica groenlandica (140360 140361)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland Natica pallida (79897)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Natica pallida (178118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Polinices groenlandicus (66338 66342 66343)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Euspira pallida (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Lunatia pallida (75056 75057)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Lunatia pallida (227030)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Lunatia pallida (75213)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Polinices groenlandicus (66524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Polinices groenlandicus (66432 66434 66436 66437 66448 66449 66450 66482 66486 66500)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Polinices groenlandicus (66523)