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Lunatia hemicrypta

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica hemicrypta was named by Gabb (1860).

It was recombined as Polynices (Lunatia) hemicrypta by Martin (1904); it was recombined as Polinices hemicrypta by Richards and Harbison (1942) and Richards (1943); it was recombined as Lunatia hemicrypta by Ward (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Natica hemicrypta Gabb
1904Polynices (Lunatia) hemicrypta Martin p. 252
1942Polinices hemicrypta Richards and Harbison p. 210 figs. pl. 19, figs. 8, 9
1943Polinices hemicrypta Richards p. 523
1998Lunatia hemicrypta Ward p. 72

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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
genusLunatiaGray 1847
specieshemicrypta(Gabb 1860)

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.

Lunatia hemicrypta Gabb 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-05-29 02:56:52
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:12:38
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 28.40000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Polinices hemicrypta (71652)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Polinices hemicrypta (59335 59336 59722 59724 59741)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Lunatia hemicrypta (18579)