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Euspira meisensis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

Polinices (Euspira) meisensis was named by Makiyama (1926) [DISTRIBUTION: Early-Middle Miocene; northwest Pacific.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Euspira meisensis by Majima (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

E. achatensis, E. aldrichi, E. alrdichi, E. aritensis, E. briarti, E. catena, E. caudata, E. cirriformis, E. concinna, E. conoidea, E. cragini, E. cyclostomoides, E. detrita, E. dilatata, E. dorothiensis, E. dorothiensis pendula, E. edithae, E. exturbinoides, E. exvarians, E. fusca, E. gottschei, E. guilleminii, E. helicana, E. helicina, E. helicina, E. interna, E. johannae, E. karatsuensis, E. labellata, E. laellata, E. lyrata, E. macilenta, E. mariana, E. micromphalus, E. mioaperta, E. newtonensis, E. nysti, E. obliquata, E. oweni, E. perspecta, E. pila, E. poliana, E. pueyrredonensis, E. pueyrridonensis, E. rectilabrum texanus, E. reetilabrum, E. reflecta, E. rivulana, E. rotunda, E. saxosulensis, E. sayana, E. selwyniana, E. smolanensis, E. stantoni, E. staringi, E. subcrassa, E. susanaensis, E. tenuicula, E. tuomeyi, E. turbinoides, E. varians, E. venusta, E. vicksburgensis, Natica achatensis, Natica ambulacrum, Polinices dilatata, Polinices globosus, Polinices hemicryptus, Polinices nuciformes, Polinices nysti, Polinices santacruzensis, Polinices staringi, Polynices byramensis

Synonyms

Polinices (Euspira) otukai was named by Masuda (1956) [DISTRIBUTION: Early-Middle Miocene; northwest Pacific.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Euspira meisensis by Majima (1989).
Polinices (Euspira) ashiyaensis was named by Nagao (1928). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Euspira meisensis by Majima (1989).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1926	Polinices (Euspira) meisensis Makiyama pp. 150-151 figs. pl. 12, fig. 7
1928	Polinices (Euspira) ashiyaensis Nagao pp. 95-96 figs. 15: 19-21
1956	Polinices (Euspira) otukai Masuda pp. 162-163 figs. pl. 26, figs. 9a-b
1989	Euspira meisensis Majima p. 33

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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	Polinicinae	Gray 1847
genus	Euspira	Agassiz 1837
species	meisensis	(Makiyama 1926)

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 meisensis Makiyama 1926

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Invalid names: Polinices (Euspira) ashiyaensis Nagao 1928 [synonym], Polinices (Euspira) otukai Masuda 1956 [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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Langhian or 41.03000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (40 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Priabonian	41.03 - 33.9	Russian Federation	Polinices ashiyaensis (50151)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Japan	Euspira ashiyaensis (70765 70776 70779 70780 70782 70895)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Japan	Euspira meisensis (191320)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Japan (Yamaguchi)	Euspira ashiyaensis (51436 51437 51438 51439 51446 51447 51449 51453 51454 51455 51456)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Japan	Euspira meisensis (78395 78398)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Japan	Euspira ashiyaensis (70866 70870 70873 70874) Euspira meisensis (78430 78435 78436)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Japan (Fukui )	Euspira meisensis (176560)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Japan (Hokkaido)	Euspira meisensis (77918)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Japan	Euspira meisensis (44958 44959 44960 44961 44970)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Japan	Euspira meisensis (70302)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Japan (Hiroshima)	Euspira meisensis (51422 51423)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Russian Federation (Sakhalinskaya)	Euspira meisensis (61932 61933)