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Natica clementensis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

Natica clementensis was named by Hanna (1927) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10116]. Its type specimen is UCMP 31003 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Polinices (Euspira) clementensis by Marincovich (1977) and Kiessling (2003).

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1927	Natica clementensis Hanna p. 304 figs. Plate 44, figures 8, 10, 11, and 12
1977	Polinices (Euspira) clementensis Marincovich pp. 290 - 291 figs. PI. 27. figs. 8-10
2003	Polinices (Euspira) clementensis Kiessling

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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	clementensis

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 clementensis Hanna 1927

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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

Collections

No collection or age range data are available