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Euspira pulchella

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica pulchella was named by Risso (1826).

It was synonymized subjectively with Marmolatella complanata by Kittl (1899); it was recombined as Euspira pulchella by Pedriali and Robba (2009) and Robba et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Natica pulchella Risso p. 148 figs. pl. 4, fig. 42.
1858Natica pulchella Stoppani p. 50 figs. Pl 11, figs 28,29
2009Euspira pulchella Pedriali and Robba p. 401 figs. pl. 2, figs. 3, 4; pl. 3, fig. 13; pl. 4, figs. 15, 16
2016Euspira pulchella Robba et al. p. 172 figs. Pl. 9, figs. 13, 14

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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
speciespulchella(Risso 1826)

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 pulchella Risso 1826
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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 Zanclean to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Euspira pulchella (178810)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Parma) Euspira pulchella (178923)