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Polinicinae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61881	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61881

Rank

subfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Polinicinae

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	Polinicinae	Gray 1847

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Polinicinae	subfamily	belongs to Naticidae	stated with evidence	MacNeil, 1960
Polinicinae	subfamily	belongs to Naticidae	stated without evidence	Addicott, 1970
Polinicinae	subfamily	belongs to Naticidae	stated with evidence	Gliozzi and Malatesta, 1983
Polinicinae	subfamily	belongs to Naticidae	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Polinicinae	subfamily	belongs to Naticidae	stated with evidence	Ponder and Warén, 1988
Polinicinae	subfamily	belongs to Naticidae	stated without evidence	Kabat, 1991
Polinicinae	subfamily	belongs to Naticidae	implied	Wilson, 1993
Polinicinae	subfamily	belongs to Naticidae	stated without evidence	Harzhauser and Mandic, 2001
Polinicinae	subfamily	belongs to Naticidae	stated with evidence	Harzhauser, 2002
Polinicinae	subfamily	subjective synonym of Naticinae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

215

Extant Size (PBDB)

63 (29%)

First Recorded Appearance

304 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Naticidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Naticidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Naticidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. F. Ponder and A. Warén. 1988. Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa. Malacological Review Suppl. 4:288-326

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bulbus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Calinaticina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cepatia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	59.2 Ma Paleocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Choristes genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Conuber genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Euspira genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1,105	242 Ma Middle Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Falsilunatia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Moon-snail			0 Ma Extant
Kerguelenatica genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Mammilla genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Neverita genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		728	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Payraudeautia genus	listed (PBDB)		13	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Pliconacca genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	61.6 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Polinices genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Moon Snail	1,124	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Poliniciella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Sigaticus genus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Uberella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	21.7 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Polinicinae Gray
1960	Polinicinae MacNeil p. 53
1970	Polinicinae Addicott p. 67
1976	Polinicinae Givens and Kennedy p. 965
1976	Polinicinae Moore p. 31
1977	Polinicinae Marincovich p. 213
1980	Polinicinae Hickman p. 36
1983	Polinicinae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 104
1984	Polinicinae Squires p. 25
1987	Polinicinae Squires p. 37
1988	Polinicinae Ponder and Warén p. 301
1989	Polinicinae Majima p. 32
1990	Polinicinae Beu et al.
1991	Polinicinae Kabat p. 424
1993	Polinicinae Wilson p. 214
2001	Polinicinae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 703
2002	Polinicinae Harzhauser p. 87
2004	Polinicinae Harzhauser p. 132
2004	Polinicinae Stilwell et al. p. 33
2005	Polinicinae Pastorino p. 234

Year	Name and Author
1847	Polinicinae Gray
1960	Polinicinae MacNeil p. 53
1970	Polinicinae Addicott p. 67
1976	Polinicinae Givens and Kennedy p. 965
1976	Polinicinae Moore p. 31
1977	Polinicinae Marincovich p. 213
1980	Polinicinae Hickman p. 36
1983	Polinicinae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 104
1984	Polinicinae Squires p. 25
1987	Polinicinae Squires p. 37
1988	Polinicinae Ponder and Warén p. 301
1989	Polinicinae Majima p. 32
1990	Polinicinae Beu et al.
1991	Polinicinae Kabat p. 424
1993	Polinicinae Wilson p. 214
2001	Polinicinae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 703
2002	Polinicinae Harzhauser p. 87
2004	Polinicinae Harzhauser p. 132
2004	Polinicinae Stilwell et al. p. 33
2005	Polinicinae Pastorino p. 234

References

Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326

MacNeil F. S. (1960) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339, 1-148

Addicott W.O. (1970) Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642, 1-172

Givens C. R., Kennedy M. P. (1976) Middle Eocene mollusks from northern San Diego County, California, Journal of Paleontology 50 5, 954-975

Moore E. J. (1976) Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 922, 1-66

Marincovich L. (1977) Cenozoic Naticidae (Mollusca; Gastropoda) of the northeastern Pacific, Bulletins of American Paleontology

Hickman C. S. (1980) Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon, Bulletins of American Paleontology 78 310, 1-112

Gliozzi E., Malatesta A. (1983) I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico), Geologica Romana 22, 85-145

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Majima R. (1989) Cenozoic fossil Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Japan, Bulletins of American Paleontology 96 331, 1-159

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Kabat A. R. (1991) The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 152 7, 417-449

Wilson B. (1993) , Australian Marine Shells 1

Harzhauser M., Mandic O. (2001) Late Oligocene gastropods and bivalves from the Lower and Upper Austrian Molasse Basin, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Komimissionen 14, 671-795

Harzhauser M. (2002) Marine und brachyhaline Gastropoden aus dem Karpatium des Korneubuger Beckens und der Kreuzstettener Bucht (Österreich, Untermiozän), Beiträge zur Paläontologie 27, 61-159

Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

Pastorino G. (2005) Recent Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Patagonian Coast, The Veliger 47 4, 225-228

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