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Euspira lewisii

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica lewisii was named by Gould (1847). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lunatia lewisii by Ashley (1895) and Woodring and Bramlette (1950); it was recombined as Polinices (Euspira) lewisii by Waterfall (1929), Soper and Grant, IV (1932) and Marincovich (1977); it was recombined as Euspira lewisi by Woodring et al. (1946); it was recombined as Euspira lewisii by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Natica lewisii Gould p. 239
1895Lunatia lewisii Ashley p. 343
1929Polinices (Euspira) lewisii Waterfall p. 88
1932Polinices (Euspira) lewisii Soper and Grant, IV p. 1063
1946Euspira lewisi Woodring et al.
1950Lunatia lewisii Woodring and Bramlette p. 41
1977Polinices (Euspira) lewisii Marincovich pp. 271 - 276 figs. PI. 24, figs. 3-5
2021Euspira lewisii Hendy

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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
specieslewisii(Gould 1847)

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 lewisii Gould 1847
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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 Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Natica lewisii (11601)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Polinices sp. (195039)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Lunatia lewisii (19676 19677 19678)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Lunatia lewisii (189542)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Lunatia lewisii (189767 189769 207645 207675)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Euspira lewisii (96593 96594)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Lunatia lewisii (37933 37937 37938 37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Euspira lewisi (202968 202969 203105 203108 222663 223301) Euspira lewisii (202636 202637 202644 202645)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Euspira lewisi (223009) Lunatia lewisii (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Euspira lewisi (222953 222955) Euspira lewisii (96566) Lunatia lewisii (222674) Natica lewisii (222659 222660 222661 222662)