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Polinices uber

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Synonyms
  • Natica virginea was named by Récluz (1850). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Polinices uber by Keen (1971).
  • Natica ovum was named by Menke (1850). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Polinices uber by Keen (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Polinices (Polinices) uber by Marincovich (1977).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Natica uber Valenciennes p. 266
1850Natica ovum Menke
1850Natica virginea Récluz
1971Polinices uber Keen p. 480
1977Polinices (Polinices) uber Marincovich p. 246
2008Polinices uber Powell p. 16

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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
genusPolinicesMonfort 1810
speciesuber(Valenciennes 1821)

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.

Polinices uber Valenciennes 1821
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Invalid names: Natica ovum Menke 1850 [synonym], Natica virginea Récluz 1850 [synonym]
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 00:53:45
Modified: 2018-03-19 12:56:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.97 - 3.6Chile (Copiapó) Polinices uber (222872)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Natica uber (96539 96543 96546) Polinices uber (96549)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador Polinices uber (96596)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Polinices uber (96885)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Polinices uber (66777)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Chile (Copiapó) Polinices uber (222840 222876)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Peru (Ica) Polinices uber (219105)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) Polinices uber (43708 43710 43711)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) Polinices uber (96672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Polinices uber (44963 96556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Polinices uber (76643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Polinices uber (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Polinices uber (89597)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Polinices uber (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Polinices uber (160395)