Polinices waipaensis Marwick 1924 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Belongs to Polinices according to J.A. Marwick 1924

Sister taxa: Natica (Polinices) togoensis, Polinices (Conuber), Polinices (Hypterita), Polinices (Polinella), Polinices (Polinices), Polinices albumen, Polinices albus, Polinices blaesus, Polinices candidissimus, Polinices cerovaensis, Polinices coensis, Polinices conicus, Polinices dubius, Polinices eminulus, Polinices fallai, Polinices flemingianus, Polinices gainesanus, Polinices hepaticus, Polinices hornii, Polinices incei, Polinices intemeratus, Polinices intermeratus, Polinices kummeli, Polinices lacteus, Polinices lavelana, Polinices lincolnensis, Polinices lobatus, Polinices mammata, Polinices mammilla, Polinices melanostomus, Polinices mercedensis, Polinices otis, Polinices panamaensis, Polinices peselephanti, Polinices porcana, Polinices powisiana, Polinices prolactea, Polinices pseudoredempta, Polinices recluziana, Polinices redemptus, Polinices repenningi, Polinices sebae, Polinices shumardianus, Polinices simiae, Polinices sookensis, Polinices sordidus, Polinices stanislasmeunieri, Polinices subtenuis, Polinices susanaensis, Polinices uber, Polinices victorianus, Polinices washingtonensis, Polinices weisbordi, Polynices consimilis, Polynices hornii, Polynices jorgensis, Polynices ortmanni, Polynices santacrucensis, Naticella bronnii, Naticella arctecostata, Naticella compressa, Naticella praesublineata, Naticella tuba

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at N65/f500 - Ngaruawahia (Pukemiro Sandstone) (Oligocene of New Zealand)

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