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Naticopsis carleyana

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Taxonomy
Natica carleyana was named by Hall (1856) [Natica Carleyana]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana.

It was recombined as Naticopsis carleyana by Whitfield (1882), Hall (1883) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. arctica, N. spectatus, N. esui

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Natica carleyana Hall p. 31
1882Naticopsis carleyana Whitfield p. 71 figs. pl. 8 f. 26-27
1883Naticopsis carleyana Hall p. 369 figs. pl. 31 f. 16-17
2023Naticopsis carleyana Wagner p. 3841

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusNaticopsis
speciescarleyana()

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.

†Naticopsis carleyana Hall 1856
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Hall 1856Shell sub-globose; spire short, consisting of about three volutions, which increase very rapidly, the last one extremely ventricose; suture not distinctly defined; aperture ovate, straight on the columellar side; outer lip sharp; inner lip thickened; columella with a distinct groove near the base of the lip for the reception of the operculum; surface marked by fine elevated striae corresponding to the lines of, growth. Height .1o to .30; diameter .08 to .34 of an inch."