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Polinices (Euspira) simiensis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Polinices (Euspira) simiensis was named by Nelson (1925) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10115]. Its type specimen is UC 30710, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3776, Runkle Canyon, which is in a Selandian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Euspira achatensis, Euspira aldrichi, Euspira alrdichi, Euspira aritensis, Euspira briarti, Euspira catena, Euspira caudata, Euspira cirriformis, Euspira concinna, Euspira conoidea, Euspira cragini, Euspira cyclostomoides, Euspira detrita, Euspira dilatata, Euspira dorothiensis, Euspira dorothiensis pendula, Euspira edithae, Euspira exturbinoides, Euspira exvarians, Euspira fusca, Euspira gottschei, Euspira guilleminii, Euspira helicana, Euspira helicina, Euspira helicina, Euspira interna, Euspira johannae, Euspira karatsuensis, Euspira labellata, Euspira laellata, Euspira lyrata, Euspira macilenta, Euspira mariana, Euspira micromphalus, Euspira mioaperta, Euspira newtonensis, Euspira nysti, Euspira obliquata, Euspira oweni, Euspira perspecta, Euspira pila, Euspira poliana, Euspira pueyrredonensis, Euspira pueyrridonensis, Euspira rectilabrum texanus, Euspira reetilabrum, Euspira reflecta, Euspira rivulana, Euspira rotunda, Euspira saxosulensis, Euspira sayana, Euspira selwyniana, Euspira smolanensis, Euspira stantoni, Euspira staringi, Euspira subcrassa, Euspira susanaensis, Euspira tenuicula, Euspira tuomeyi, Euspira turbinoides, Euspira varians, Euspira venusta, Euspira vicksburgensis, Natica achatensis, Natica ambulacrum, P. achatensis, P. aijensis, P. alamedensis, P. aratus, P. aurantus, P. benoisti, P. brunneus, P. brunneus, P. canalizonalis, P. catena, P. catena, P. cerreria, P. columnaris, P. compressus, P. concinna, P. cumingianus, P. cumingianus, P. demicryptus, P. famula, P. gulianoi, P. hantoniensis, P. harrisii, P. hepaticus, P. horni, P. hornii, P. humboldi, P. huttoni, P. incertus, P. josephinia, P. julianna, P. lacetus, P. lewisi, P. mamilla, P. martini, P. medinae, P. miocolligens, P. nagahamai, P. nelsoni, P. obliquata, P. onustus, P. onustus, P. opaca, P. panamensis, P. pinionensis, P. porcellanus, P. prolaceteus, P. prolacteus, P. propeovatus, P. proredempta, P. proredemptus, P. protractus, P. pseudoredemptus, P. rapulum, P. rapulum, P. reclusianus, P. recluzianus, P. robustus, P. sagamiensis, P. secunda, P. solida, P. stanislas, P. stanislasmeunieri, P. stanislasmeunieri, P. stanislasneunieri, P. subangulata, P. subclausa, P. subclausa, P. subclausus, P. subcrassa, P. subporcana, P. tumidus, P. tuomeyi, P. turbinoides, P. turgidus, P. vectensis, P. washingtoni, P. wshingtonensis, P. defrancei, P. orangensis, P. subvarians, P. dilatata, P. globosus, P. hemicryptus, P. nuciformes, P. nysti, P. santacruzensis, P. staringi, P. achatensis, P. caroliniana, P. candidissima, P. angolae, P. eucallosus, P. glauca, P. paraguanensis, P. paraguanensis, P. quirosana, P. reclusianus, P. reclusianus, P. reclusianus, P. recluziana, P. uamenensis, P. onustus, P. onustus, P. australis, P. australis, P. bilobatus, P. finlayi, P. finlayi, P. finlayi, P. lobata, P. modestus, P. obstructus, P. scalptus, P. brunneus, P. callosior, P. carolinensis, P. caroliniana, P. columnaris, P. cumingianus, P. kamtschatica, P. marambiensis, P. miocolligens, P. miopusillus, P. mucronatus, P. newtoni, P. onustus, P. otaioensis, P. panamanensis, P. panamensis, P. parki, P. saulae, P. snatolensis, P. subtenius, P. tehuacana, P. tigilensis, P. woodi, Polnices waipipiensis, Polynices byramensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Polinices (Euspira) simiensis Nelson p. 420 figs. Plate 54, figures 1a, 1b, 1c
1977Polinices (Euspira) simiensis Marincovich pp. 289 - 290 figs. PI. 27, fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusPolinicesAgassiz 1837
subgenusEuspira
speciessimiensis

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.

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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 Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Polinices simiensis (type locality: 215686)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Polinices simiensis (204137)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja) Polinices simiensis (176456)