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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