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Polinices (Polinices) aurantius

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

Natica aurantia was named by Lamarck (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Polinices (Polinices) aurantius by Oostingh (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. alamedensis, P. aratus, P. brunneus, P. concinna, P. cumingianus, P. horni, P. huttoni, P. julianna, P. lewisi, P. medinae, P. nagahamai, P. onustus, P. onustus, P. panamensis, P. prolacteus, P. propeovatus, P. robustus, P. orangensis, P. subvarians, P. staringi, P. eucallosus, P. onustus, P. finlayi, P. finlayi, P. modestus, P. obstructus, P. columnaris, P. marambiensis, P. newtoni, P. panamensis, P. parki, P. saulae, P. subtenius

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1822	Natica aurantia Lamarck
1935	Polinices (Polinices) aurantius Oostingh p. 47

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Naticoidea	(Forbes 1838)
family	Naticidae	Guilding 1834
subfamily	Polinicinae	Gray 1847
genus	Polinices	Monfort 1810
subgenus	Polinices	Montfort 1810
species	aurantius	(Lamarck 1822)

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.

Polinices (Polinices) aurantius Lamarck 1822

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesg

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

10 to < 100g

Thickness:

intermediateg

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

noneg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Locomotion:

fast-movingsubg

Life habit:

semi-infaunalsubg

Diet:

carnivoresubg

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2018-03-04 19:48:04

Modified:

2018-03-04 19:48:04

Source: subg = subgenus, g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Indonesia	Polinices aurantius (70166 70173)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Philippines (Tayabas)	Polinices aurantius (41524)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Indonesia	Polinices aurantius (84523)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Philippines (Panay)	Polinices aurantius (41651)