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Natica (Natica) mamilla

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

Natica mamilla was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; west Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Polinices (Polinices) mammilla by Oostingh (1935); it was recombined as Natica (Mamma) mamilla by Abrard (1946); it was recombined as Natica (Natica) mamilla by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. adducta, N. alderi, N. antoni, N. brevisulcata, N. bulimoides, N. carmenensis, N. columnaris, N. dombeyi, N. dumblei, N. eroyna, N. exvarians, N. flammulata, N. fusca, N. marcohiensis, N. melanostoma, N. moffitti, N. perspecta, N. ponsonbyi, N. prietoi, N. psila, N. queketti, N. servorum, N. stellatus, N. strongyla, N. subepiglottina, N. sueurii, N. suprajurensis, N. turbinata, N. venusta, N. platabasis, N. bolbus, N. acuticaliosa, N. stenopa, N. stenopa, N. turbinata, N. mino, N. platabasis, N. semen, N. violacea

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Natica mamilla Linnaeus
1879	Natica mamilla Martin p. 81
1935	Polinices (Polinices) mammilla Oostingh p. 47
1946	Natica (Mamma) mamilla Abrard p. 100
2007	Natica (Natica) mamilla Hendy

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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	Naticinae	Guilding 1834
genus	Natica	Scopoli 1777
subgenus	Natica	Scopoli 1777
species	mamilla	(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.

Natica (Natica) mamilla 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 00:46:11

Modified:

2018-03-24 11:26:07

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Vanuatu	Natica mamilla (77902)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia	Polinices mammilla (70077 70098 70100)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Marshall Islands	Polinices mammilla (77984)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Papua New Guinea	Natica mamilla (78307)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene	11.608 - 2.588	Indonesia (New Guinea)	Polinices mammilla (42391)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Fiji	Polinices mammilla (78060)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Indonesia	Polinices mammilla (70105 84523)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Papua New Guinea	Natica mamilla (78263)
Pliocene - Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.0117	Guam	Polinices mammilla (77937)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Marshall Islands	Polinices mammilla (43324 43338)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Vanuatu	Natica mamilla (77906) Polinices mammilla (78042)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Djibouti	Natica mamilla (96785 96786 96788 96792 96794)