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Polinices lacteus

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Naticina lactea was named by Guilding (1834) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Natica lactea by Krebs (1864); it was recombined as Polinices (Mammilla) lactea by Maury (1922); it was recombined as Polinices lactea by Woodring et al. (1924); it was recombined as Polinices lacteus by Weisbord (1962) and Callapez and Ferreira Soares (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Naticina lactea Guilding
1864Natica lactea Krebs p. 67
1922Polinices (Mammilla) lactea Maury p. 149
1924Polinices lactea Woodring and et al.
1962Polinices lacteus Weisbord p. 238
2000Polinices lacteus Callapez and Ferreira Soares p. 315

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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
specieslacteus(Guilding 1834)

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 lacteus Guilding 1834
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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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Polinices lacteus (92751)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Polinices lacteus (131210)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Polinices lactea (60886 66811)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Polinices lactea (66764)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Natica lactea (128324)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Polinices lacteus (80676)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Cape Verde Polinices lacteus (89617)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Polinices lacteus (67963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Polinices lacteus (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Polinices lacteus (127360 128385)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Polinices lacteus (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Polinices lacteus (80835 80837 80853)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Polinices lacteus (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Polinices lacteus (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Polinices lacteus (122245)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Polinices lacteus (131223)