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Polinices (Polinella) esdailei

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

Uber esdailei was named by Marwick (1924) [TYPE LOCALITY: Lorne, N.E. Otago, South Island, New Zeland (Kaiatan = Priabonian). TYPE REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).].

It was recombined as Polinices (Polinella) esdailei by Fleming (1966), Beu et al. (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Polinella finlayi, Polinella scalpta, P. alamedensis, P. aratus, P. brunneus, P. concinna, P. cumingianus, P. horni, P. huttoni, P. julianna, P. lewisi, P. medinae, P. nagahamai, P. onustus, P. onustus, P. panamensis, P. prolacteus, P. propeovatus, P. robustus, P. orangensis, P. subvarians, P. staringi, P. eucallosus, P. onustus, P. finlayi, P. finlayi, P. modestus, P. obstructus, P. columnaris, P. marambiensis, P. newtoni, P. panamensis, P. parki, P. saulae, P. subtenius

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1924	Uber esdailei Marwick p. 567 figs. pl. 57, fig. 9
1937	Uber esdailei Finlay and Marwick p. 59
1966	Polinices (Polinella) esdailei Fleming
1990	Polinices (Polinella) esdailei Beu et al. p. 409

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Naticoidea	(Forbes 1838)
family	Naticidae	Guilding 1834
subfamily	Polinicinae	Gray 1847
genus	Polinices	Monfort 1810
subgenus	Polinella	(Marwick 1931)
species	esdailei	(Marwick 1924)

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 (Polinella) esdailei Marwick 1924

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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kaiatan to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 39.10000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Kaiatan	39.1 - 36.7	New Zealand (South Island)	Uber esdailei (205813)
Kaiatan	39.1 - 36.7	New Zealand	Polinella esdailei (67839)
Runangan	36.7 - 34.6	New Zealand	Polinella esdailei (64814)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	New Zealand	Polinella esdailei (67925)