Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative spelling: Natica (Cryptonatica)
Synonyms: Boreonatica Golikov and Kusakin 1974, Boreonatica (Sulconatica) Golikov and Kusakin 1974, Sulconatica Golikov and Kusakin 1974
Parent taxon: Naticinae according to R. Majima 1989
See also Kabat 1991, Marincovich 1977, Moore 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Aloconatica, Carinacca, Friginatica, Natica, Naticarius, Notocochlis, Paratectonatica, Proxiuber, Stigmaulax, Tasmatica, Tectonatica
Subtaxa: Cryptonatica affinis Cryptonatica andoi Cryptonatica janthostoma Cryptonatica noe Cryptonatica oregonensis Natica (Cryptonatica) oregonensis
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (7: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections), Greenland (7), Iceland (8), Japan (3), United States (53: Alaska, California, Maine, Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (7: California, Washington)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Japan (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (14: California, Oregon)
• Miocene of Japan (9), United States (34: Alaska, Oregon, South Carolina)
• Oligocene of United States (4: Alaska)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Japan (1)
Total: 155 collections including 157 occurrences
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