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Natica alapapilionis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

Natica alapapilionis was named by Chemntiz (1781) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. adducta, N. alderi, N. antoni, N. brevisulcata, N. bulimoides, N. carmenensis, N. columnaris, N. dombeyi, N. dumblei, N. eroyna, N. exvarians, N. flammulata, N. fusca, N. marcohiensis, N. melanostoma, N. moffitti, N. perspecta, N. ponsonbyi, N. prietoi, N. psila, N. queketti, N. servorum, N. stellatus, N. strongyla, N. subepiglottina, N. sueurii, N. suprajurensis, N. turbinata, N. venusta, N. platabasis, N. bolbus, N. acuticaliosa, N. stenopa, N. stenopa, N. turbinata, N. mino, N. platabasis, N. semen, N. violacea

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1781	Natica alapapilionis Chemntiz
1939	Natica alapapilionis Mukerjee p. 39

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Naticoidea	(Forbes 1838)
family	Naticidae	Guilding 1834
subfamily	Naticinae	Guilding 1834
genus	Natica	Scopoli 1777
species	alapapilionis	Chemntiz 1781

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.

Natica alapapilionis Chemntiz 1781

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesg

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

10 to < 100g

Thickness:

intermediateg

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

noneg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Locomotion:

actively mobileg

Life habit:

semi-infaunalg

Diet:

carnivoreg

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2004-10-20 00:46:11

Modified:

2018-03-24 11:26:07

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	India	Natica alapapilionis (76573)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Indonesia	Natica alapapilionis (70105)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Taiwan	Natica alapapilionis (96253 96254 96255 96258 96259 96271 96272 96273 96276 96279)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Japan	Natica alapapilionis (88886)