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Natica elenae

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

Natica elenae was named by Récluz (1844). Its type specimen is unkown and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Natica (Stigmaulax) elenae by Marincovich (1977).

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
1844	Natica elenae Récluz pp. 205 - 206
1977	Natica (Stigmaulax) elenae Marincovich pp. 402 - 404 figs. PL 40, figs. 8, 9

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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	elenae	Récluz 1844

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 elenae Récluz 1844

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Ecuador (Manabi)	Natica elenae (51880)
Piacenzian - Gelasian	3.6 - 1.806	Ecuador (Manabi)	Natica elenae (51878)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Ecuador (Manabi)	Natica elenae (48664 48665)