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Natica pinyonensis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

Natica pinyonensis was named by Dickerson (1914) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10084]. Its type specimen is no number listed, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2246, Rock Creek, which is in an Eocene shallow subtidal sandstone/shale in the San Francisquito Formation of California.

It was recombined as Polinices pinyonensis by Smith (1975); it was recombined as Crommium pinyonensis by Marincovich (1977) and Squires (1987).

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

Synonyms

Ampullella schencki was named by Vokes (1939). Its type specimen is UCMP 15856 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Crommium pinyonensis by Marincovich (1977).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Natica pinyonensis Dickerson p. 302 figs. pl. 29, figs. 5a, 5b
1939	Ampullella schencki Vokes p. 170 figs. plate 21, fig. 20, 21, 26
1975	Polinices pinyonensis Smith p. 469
1976	Ampullella schencki Givens and Kennedy p. 966
1977	Crommium pinyonensis Marincovich p. 227 figs. PI. 18, figs. 8-13
1987	Crommium pinyonensis Squires p. 35 fig. 42

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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	pinyonensis

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 pinyonensis Dickerson 1914

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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 66.00000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (California)	Polinices pinyonensis (11117)
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	USA (California)	Natica pinyonensis (type locality: 211016)