Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative combination: Polinices hotsoni
Belongs to Polinices (Euspira) according to L. Marincovich 1977
See also Kiessling 2003
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) lewisii, Polinices (Euspira) lincolnensis, Polinices (Euspira) litorinus, Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis, Polinices (Euspira) pallidus, Polinices (Euspira) pardoanus, Polinices (Euspira) ramonensis, Polinices (Euspira) simiensis, Polinices (Euspira) vientoensis, Laguncula montrisouensis, Laguncula dorotheae
Type specimen: CAS 7830. Its type locality is UW 370, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washinton.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (8: California, Oregon, Washington, Washinton collections)
• Paleocene of Mexico (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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