| Description | Polinices lacteus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Polinices lacteus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Polinices : Polinices lacteus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Polinices |
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| Scientific Name | Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Polinices lacteus | species | belongs to Naticina | stated without evidence | Guilding, 1834 | | Polinices lacteus | species | belongs to Natica | stated without evidence | Krebs, 1864 | | Polinices lacteus | species | belongs to Polinices (Mammilla) | stated without evidence | Maury, 1922 | | Polinices lacteus | species | belongs to Polinices | stated without evidence | Woodring et al., 1924 | | Polinices lacteus | species | belongs to Polinices | stated with evidence | Weisbord, 1962 | | Polinices lacteus | species | belongs to Polinices | implied | Callapez and Ferreira Soares, 2000 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Polinices) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Polinices) |
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| Taphonomy | intermediate (based on Polinices) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, and K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. |
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| Common Name(s) | Milk Moonsnail |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polinices_lacteus |
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| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Natica ochrostoma Récluz, 1850 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Natica ochrostoma |
| Natica candidissima Récluz, 1851 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Natica candidissima |
| Natica pfeifferi Philippi, 1851 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Natica pfeifferi |
| Natica puella Philippi, 1852 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Natica puella |
| Natica caribaea Philippi, 1851 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Natica caribaea |
| Natica porcelana d'Orbigny, 1840 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Natica porcelana |
| Polinices porcelanus (d'Orbigny, 1840) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Polinices porcelanus |
| Naticina lactea Guilding, 1834 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Naticina lactea |
| Natica sanctivincentii Brooks, 1933 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Natica sanctivincentii |
| Natica lactea (Guilding, 1834) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Natica lactea |
| Polynices lacteus (Guilding, 1834) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Polinices : Polynices lacteus |
| Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions |
| Weisbord N.E. (1962) Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela, Bulletins of American Paleontology 42 193 |
| Callapez P., Ferreira Soares A. (2000) Late Quaternary warm marine mollusks from Santa Maria (Azores) paleoecologic and paleobiogeographic considerations, Ciencias da Terra 14, 313-322 |
| Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984) Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. - via World Register of Marine Species |
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