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Polinices eminulus

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica eminula was named by Conrad (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 15172, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Lunatia eminula by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Euspira eminula by Glibert (1965); it was recombined as Polinices eminulus by Palmer (1937), Harris and Palmer (1947), Palmer and Brann (1966) and CoBabe and Allmon (1994).

Synonyms
  • Natica parva was named by Lea (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 5518, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

    It was recombined as Polynices (Lunatia) parva by Dall (1892); it was recombined as Natica (Lunatia) parva by Cossmann (1925); it was synonymized subjectively with Polinices eminulus by Palmer and Brann (1966).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Natica eminula Conrad p. 46
1833Natica parva Lea p. 106 figs. pl. 4, fig. 89
1865Lunatia eminula Conrad p. 26
1892Polynices (Lunatia) parva Dall p. 371
1925Natica (Lunatia) parva Cossmann p. 139
1937Polinices eminulus Palmer p. 121
1947Polinices eminulus Harris and Palmer p. 250
1965Euspira eminula Glibert p. 88
1966Polinices eminulus Palmer and Brann p. 846
1994Polinices eminulus CoBabe and Allmon

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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
genusPolinicesMonfort 1810
specieseminulus(Conrad 1833)

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.

Polinices eminulus Conrad 1833
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Invalid names: Natica (Lunatia) parva Lea 1833 [synonym]
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 00:53:45
Modified: 2018-03-19 12:56:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Priabonian or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) Polinices eminulus (84474)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Polinices eminulus (205466)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Natica eminula (35081)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Polinices eminulus (2923)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) Polinices eminulus (84646 84651)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Polinices eminulus (2918 2919 84469 84471 89867 90605 90606 90607 205452 205499 205545)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Polinices eminulus (86176 86177 86179)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) Polinices eminulus (205455)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Polinices eminulus (90143 90144 90145)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Polinices eminulus (205421)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Polinices eminulus (205535)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Lunatia eminula (92487)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Polinices eminulus (5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 81266 90600 98256 205438 205489)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Polinices eminulus (91084)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Polinices eminulus (92043)