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Neverita limula

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica limula was named by Conrad (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 12797, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Neverita (Glossaulax) limula by Cossmann (1925); it was recombined as Neverita limula by Conrad (1865), Palmer and Brann (1966) and Kosnik (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. potomacensis, N. pachystoma, Polinices eucallosus

Synonyms
  • Natica gibbosa was named by Lea (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 5528, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

    It was recombined as Neverita gibbosa by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Natica (Neverita) gibbosa by Cossmann (1925); it was synonymized subjectively with Neverita limula by Palmer and Brann (1966).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Natica limula Conrad p. 46
1833Natica gibbosa Lea p. 108 figs. pl. 4, fig. 92
1865Neverita gibbosa Conrad p. 27
1865Neverita limula Conrad p. 27
1925Natica (Neverita) gibbosa Cossmann p. 117
1925Neverita (Glossaulax) limula Cossmann p. 117
1966Neverita limula Palmer and Brann p. 797
2002Neverita limula Kosnik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusNeveritaRisso 1826
specieslimula(Conrad 1833)

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.

†Neverita limula Conrad 1833
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Invalid names: Natica (Neverita) gibbosa Lea 1833 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-05-29 02:56:52
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:12:38
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Natica limula (35081)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Neverita limula (1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Neverita limula (205417 205421 205440 205454 205487 205496 205503 205527 205532)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Tamaulipas) Neverita limula (42980 42983 42984)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Neverita limula (42990 42994)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Neverita limula (205266 205267 205271 205410 205414 205422 205429 205461 205477 205480 205481 205483 205484 205485 205515 205531)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Neverita limula (5311 5312 5316 5318 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 81266 81278 90600 205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Neverita limula (44408)