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Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Lunatia nuciformis Gabb p. 107 figs. PI. 28, Fig. 218
1915Lunatia cowlitzensis Dickerson p. 57 figs. Pl. 4, figs, 12a-b
1927Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Clark and Woodford p. 121 figs. Pl 21, figs 16,17
1927Natica nuciformis Hanna p. 305
1927Euspira nuciformis Stewart pp. 323 - 324 figs. Plate XXX, fig. 16
1938Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Turner p. 88
1977Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Marincovich pp. 281 - 285 figs. PI. 26, figs. 6-9
1984Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Squires p. 25
1987Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Squires p. 37 fig. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusPolinicesAgassiz 1837
subgenusEuspira
speciesnuciformis()

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.

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Invalid names: Lunatia cowlitzensis Dickerson 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-10-20 01:35:19
Modified: 2018-03-19 13:36:54
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 59.20000 to 37.20000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Lunatia nuciformis (190798) Polinices nuciformis (11117)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California) Polinices nuciformis (221986)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Polinices nuciformis (200795 200796 200797 200800 200804)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Polinices nuciformis (146900)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Lunatia nuciformis (122337 200271) Polinices nuciformis (52419 52421 52422 52423 52426 52428 52429 52430 52431 52433 122294)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Lunatia nuciformis (207112 207113 207116 207123)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Polinices nuciformis (200899)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (California) Euspira nuciformis (194186) Polinices nuciformis (191188 202078)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9USA (California) Euspira nuciformis (37928)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Polinices nuciformis (200895 201033 201041)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Euspira nuciformis (94825) Polinices nuciformis (8012 178733 178777)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Polinices nuciformis (7275)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Lunatia cowlitzensis (139020) Lunatia nuciformis (207129) Polinices nuciformis (52204 52205 52206 203164)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Oregon) Polinices nuciformis (200858 200860 200862 200863 201047 201050)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Polinices nuciformis (39948 40182 40185 40186 40189 40192 40194 40195 40197 40198 40199 40202 40204)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1USA (Oregon) Polinices nuciformis (40187)