Published December 11, 2023
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Naticidae Guilding 1834
Creators
- 1. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Palaeobiology, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2. Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali, 51, Via Medaglie D'Oro 51, 48018 Faenza, Italy.
- 3. Institute of Marine Sciences, Italian National Research Council, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy; and Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy.
Description
Naticidae indet. 1
Fig. 6F–G
Material examinedITALY – Emilia-Romagna • 1 spec.; Castiglion dei Pepoli; MGGC 22304 (H = 18.6, W = 15 mm) • 1 spec.; Caselle C; NRM Mo 204847. – Tuscany • 2 specs; Le Colline (operculae); MSF 1218 (H = 8 mm).
DescriptionNaticiform shell with moderately elevated spire, about four whorls, nearly 20 mm tall, suture deep, growth increments compressed into oblique bulges near upper suture, remaining whorl smooth; operculum half-moon shaped, coiling expands rapidly, nucleus subcentral.
RemarksGeneric assignments among Naticidae rely heavily on the morphology of the aperture and the umbilicus, both of which are obscured in the available specimens.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MGGC , MSF , NRM
- Family
- Naticidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- MGGC 22304 , MSF 1218 , NRM Mo 204847
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Guilding
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Naticidae Guilding, 1834 sec. Kiel, Sami & Taviani, 2023
References
- Moroni M. A. 1966. Malacofauna del " Calcare a Lucine " di S. Sofia - Forli. Palaeontographica Italica 60: 69 - 87.
- Bellardi L. & Michelotti G. 1840. Saggio Orittografico sulla Classe dei Gasteropodi Fossili dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte. Tipografia Reale, Torino.