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Euspira heros

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica heros was named by Say (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Massachusetts-Texas.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Polinices (Lunatia) heros by Dall (1892); it was recombined as Polynices (Lunatia) heros by Martin (1904); it was recombined as Polinices heros by Johnson (1934), Richards and Harbison (1942) and Richards (1962); it was recombined as Lunatia heros by Abbott (1954), Spencer and Campbell (1987) and Ward (1998); it was recombined as Lunatia herosa by Ward (1993); it was recombined as Euspira heros by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Natica heros Say p. 248
1892Polinices (Lunatia) heros Dall p. 373
1904Polynices (Lunatia) heros Martin p. 252
1934Polinices heros Johnson p. 94
1942Polinices heros Richards and Harbison p. 209 figs. pl. 19, fig. 6
1954Lunatia heros Abbott p. 189
1962Polinices heros Richards p. 75
1987Lunatia heros Spencer and Campbell p. 62
1993Lunatia herosa Ward
1998Lunatia heros Ward p. 72
2008Euspira heros Hendy et al.

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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
genusEuspiraAgassiz 1837
speciesheros(Say 1822)

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.

†Euspira heros Say 1822
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Polinices heros (59335 59336 59364 59720 92763)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Lunatia heros (61276)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) Lunatia heros (79101 79102)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Lunatia heros (18579)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Euspira heros (69023) Polynices heros (60379)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Lunatia heros (79103 79104 79107 79108 79109 79110 79111 79113 79114 79115 79353)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Polynices heros (70851)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Euspira heros (79751 79752 79754)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Euspira heros (69032)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) Natica heros (59282)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Euspira heros (79249)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Euspira heros (79247 79709) Lunatia heros (78260 78261 78262 78264 78268 78269 78271 80036) Lunatia herosa (78265 78266)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Euspira heros (79341 79343) Lunatia heros (58893)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Lunatia heros (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Euspira heros (69043 80033 80035)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New York) Polinices heros (66381)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Polinices heros (66612 66614 66621 66622)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Polinices heros (66757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Polinices heros (66742)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Polinices heros (61270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Polinices heros (81751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Euspira heros (75490)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Euspira heros (69048) Lunatia heros (57706)