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Naticopsis minima

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Taxonomy
Natica minima was named by Brown (1839). Its type locality is Newtown, River Irk, Bed 4, which is in a Wuchiapingian shallow subtidal packstone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Littorina minima by Howse (1848); it was recombined as Naticopsis minima by Airaghi (1907), Dietz (1911), Pattison (1970), Pattison (1977), Hollingworth and Barker (1991) and Mazaev (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. arctica, N. spectatus, N. esui

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Natica minima Brown p. 64 figs. pl. 7 f. 22-24
1848Natica hercynica Geinitz p. 7 figs. Pl 3, figs 11-13
1848Littorina minima Howse p. 240
1848Natica leibnitziana King p. 13
1850Natica leibnitziana King p. 212 figs. Pl 16, figs 27, 28
1850Natica minima King p. 212 figs. pl. 16 f. 29
1857Littorina hercynica Howse p. 470
1861Natica minima Geinitz p. 50 figs. Pl 11, figs 20-22
1907Naticopsis minima Airaghi p. 55
1911Naticopsis minima Dietz p. 472 figs. pl. 14 f. 6
1970Naticopsis minima Pattison p. 142 figs. Pl 20, fig 7
1977Naticopsis minima Pattison p. 40
1991Naticopsis minima Hollingworth and Barker p. 356 figs. 4, 11, 12.5-12.7
2015Naticopsis minima Mazaev p. 960 figs. Pl 34, figs 14,15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusNaticopsis
speciesminima()

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.

†Naticopsis minima Brown 1839
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Invalid names: Natica hercynica Geinitz 1848 [synonym], Natica leibnitziana King 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height69.832.9015.013.24.76

Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Body part: shellg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-12-22 09:38:38
Modified: 2010-02-04 09:57:44
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Knight 1933

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Changhsingian or 272.30000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Kirov) Naticopsis minima (174701 174702 174703)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Natica minima (197763 197764 197765)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Naticopsis minima (208900)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany Naticopsis minima (208944)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Natica leibnitziana (130766) Natica minima (type locality: 119882 119884 119885 119886) Naticopsis minima (24084 24085 24086 89577 89587 89588 89589 89591 89593 89594 109721 208894)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom Littorina minima (130871 130872) Natica leibnitziana (130772)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy Naticopsis minima (232369)