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Polinices mammilla

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Nerita mammilla was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Polinices mammilla by Majima (1989), Jensen (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Nerita mammilla Linnaeus
1989Polinices mammilla Majima p. 34
1996Polinices mammilla Jensen p. 22

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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
speciesmammilla(Linnaeus 1758)

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 mammilla Linnaeus 1758
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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 00:53:45
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 Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Polinices mammilla (72033)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) Polinices mammilla (42315)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia (East Java) Polinices mammilla (96669 96670 96671)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Yemen Polinices mammilla (55380 55382)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Polinices mammilla (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Polinices mammilla (194003)