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Natica domenginica ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4963981	https://www.gbif.org/species/4963981
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	369776	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=369776

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Natica : Natica domenginica

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Natica : Natica domenginica

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Naticoidea	(Forbes 1838)
family	Naticidae	Guilding 1834
subfamily	Naticinae	Guilding 1834
genus	Natica	Scopoli 1777
species	Natica domenginica	Vokes 1939

Generic Name

Natica

Scientific Name

Natica domenginica Vokes, 1939

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Natica domenginica	species	belongs to Natica	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1939

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Natica)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Natica)

Taphonomy

intermediate (based on Natica)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1939	Natica domenginica Vokes p. 167 figs. plate 21, fig. 5-8

References

Vokes H. E. (1939) Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38, 1-246

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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