Polinices (Euspira) vientoensis Clark and Durham 1946 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Polinices (Euspira) according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Euspira antarctidia, Euspira bononiensis, Euspira catena, Euspira catenoides, Euspira compressa, Euspira constricta, Euspira draconis, Euspira ella, Euspira falklandica, Euspira gianoi, Euspira glaucinoides, Euspira gregori, Euspira grossularia, Euspira guamblinensis, Euspira halli, Euspira helicina, Euspira heros, Euspira internus, Euspira jacksonensis, Euspira jhuraensis, Euspira lakhaparensis, Euspira latecallosa, Euspira lewisii, Euspira marianus, Euspira marylandica, Euspira meisensis, Euspira molarensis, Euspira morisi, Euspira notabilis, Euspira ottogeyeri, Euspira pallida, Euspira patagonica, Euspira perforata, Euspira piccolii, Euspira politiana, Euspira popenoei, Euspira propeinternus, Euspira pulchella, Euspira punjabensis, Euspira rectilabrum, Euspira roei, Euspira saginata, Euspira sergipensis, Euspira soriensis, Euspira strebeli, Euspira submamillaris, Euspira subobturata, Euspira tabulata, Euspira triseriata, Euspira umbilicocarinata, Euspira umbilicolunata, Euspira vicanus, Euspira waltonensis, Natica (Euspira) diabloensis, Natica (Euspira) kirkensis, Natica (Euspira) ramonensis, Polinices (Euspira) agujanus, Polinices (Euspira) blakeleyensis, Polinices (Euspira) clementensis, Polinices (Euspira) crawfordianus, Polinices (Euspira) diabloensis, Polinices (Euspira) draconis, Polinices (Euspira) galianoi, Polinices (Euspira) gesteri, Polinices (Euspira) hotsoni, Polinices (Euspira) lewisii, Polinices (Euspira) lincolnensis, Polinices (Euspira) litorinus, Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis, Polinices (Euspira) pallidus, Polinices (Euspira) pardoanus, Polinices (Euspira) ramonensis, Polinices (Euspira) simiensis, Laguncula montrisouensis, Laguncula dorotheae

Type specimen: CAS 35018, a shell

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at U.C. Location S. 8054 (Zone C) - Clark and Durham (1946) (Eocene of Colombia)

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