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Published July 7, 2026 | Version v1
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Natica vitellus

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Palaeobiology, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Geomicrobiology and Environmental Changes, Frontiers Science Center for Deep-time Digital Earth, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.
  • 3. Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, 45137 - 66731, Iran.

Description

Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fig. 3E–I

Polinices sp. – Hadi et al. 2024: 6.

Material examined

IRAN – Sistan and Baluchestan • 3 shells; Dar Pahn Unit; GDZU-0067 to GDZU-0069.

Remarks

The specimens from the Dar Pahn Unit are very similar to N. vitellus, but appear somewhat taller. The species [including its synonym Natica rufa (Born, 1778)] has Neogene fossil records in the central Indo-West Pacific region, as well as in India and Japan (Mukerjee 1939; Dey 1961; Kanno et al. 1982; Majima 1989).

Notes

Published as part of Kiel, Steffen, Hadi, Mehdi, Ataabadi, Majid Mirzaie & Xi, Dangpeng, 2026, New species and records of Late Miocene mollusks from southeastern Iran, pp. 1-22 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1074 on page 6, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1074.3300, http://zenodo.org/record/21456279

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AB87E2FFB3FFEF51060DCE873FB76C

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.21456289 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1074.3300 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/21456279 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF92FF9AFFB6FFEA535D0F798653B313 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/73CB0D2A-033F-4C3A-9F62-7A2795A56EA5 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03AB87E2FFB3FFEF51060DCE873FB76C (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/331186980 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/315922/taxon/03AB87E2FFB3FFEF51060DCE873FB76C.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
GDZU
Material sample ID
GDZU-0067, GDZU-0068, GDZU-0069
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Naticidae
Genus
Natica
Species
vitellus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Kiel, Hadi, Ataabadi & Xi, 2026

References

  • Hadi M., Ataabadi M. M., Sharifi J., Parandavar M., Castillo-Rodriguez Z. G., Vega-Sandoval F. A. & Vega F. J. 2024. Late Miocene Molluska from the Dar Pahn Unit, Makran, SE Iran. Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 76: A 091223. https://doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2024v76n1a091223
  • Mukerjee P. N. 1939. Fossil fauna from the Tertiary of Garo Hills, Assam. Palaeontologia Indica 28: 1-101.
  • Dey A. K. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, new series 36: 1-129.
  • Kanno S., O'Hara S. & Caagusan N. L. 1982. Molluscan fauna from the Tartaro Formation (Upper Miocene) of central Luzon, Philippines. Geology and Paleontology of Southeast Asia 24: 51-128.
  • Majima R. 1989. Cenozoic fossil Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Japan. Bulletins of American Paleontology 96: 5-159, pls. 1 - 14.