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Natica littonana
Taxonomy
Natica littonana was named by Hall (1856). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Hunter Valley Quarries, 3 miles northwest of Bloomington, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana.
It was corrected as Natica littonanus by Hall (1856); it was recombined as Naticopsis littonana by Meek and Worthen (1867); it was recombined as Macrocheilus littonanum by Whitfield (1882) and Whitfield (1882); it was recombined as Sphaerodoma littonana by Keyes (1889) and Girty (1915); it was recombined as Ianthinopsis littonana by Thein and Nitecki (1974); it was recombined as Strobeus littonana by Harper (1981); it was recombined as Globozyga littonanus by Jeffery et al. (1994); it was recombined as Globozyga littonana by Wagner (2023).
It was corrected as Natica littonanus by Hall (1856); it was recombined as Naticopsis littonana by Meek and Worthen (1867); it was recombined as Macrocheilus littonanum by Whitfield (1882) and Whitfield (1882); it was recombined as Sphaerodoma littonana by Keyes (1889) and Girty (1915); it was recombined as Ianthinopsis littonana by Thein and Nitecki (1974); it was recombined as Strobeus littonana by Harper (1981); it was recombined as Globozyga littonanus by Jeffery et al. (1994); it was recombined as Globozyga littonana by Wagner (2023).
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 |
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| 1856 | Natica littonana Hall p. 30–31 |
| 1856 | Natica littonanus Hall pp. 30 - 31 |
| 1858 | Natica littonana Hall pp. 30 - 31 |
| 1867 | Naticopsis littonana Meek and Worthen p. 268 |
| 1882 | Macrocheilus littonanum Whitfield p. 72 figs. pl. 8 f. 28 |
| 1889 | Sphaerodoma littonana Keyes p. 305 |
| 1915 | Sphaerodoma littonana Girty p. 199 |
| 1974 | Ianthinopsis littonana Thein and Nitecki pp. 193 - 195 figs. f. 87 |
| 1981 | Strobeus littonana Harper p. 181 figs. f. 1C |
| 1994 | Globozyga littonanus Jeffery et al. p. 77 |
| 2023 | Globozyga littonana Wagner p. S6166 |
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†Natica littonana Hall 1856
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Diagnosis
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections
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