Natica (Naticarius) semilunata

Natica semilunata (Lea, 1833), a relative of Natica (Naticarius) semilunata — not Natica (Naticarius) semilunata itself

Not Natica (Naticarius) semilunata. This is Natica semilunata (Lea, 1833), a relative — both are Naticidae.

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
NaticariusPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Naticidae
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB, for Naticidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Naticidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 21 million years on record.

The record covers at least 59.24 Mya to 37.71 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 61.66 Mya to 33.9 Mya.

Paleocene — about 3 of 74 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 71 of 74 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 74 occurrences62–61 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences61–60 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences60–59 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences59–58 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences58–57 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences56–55 Mya — about 1 occurrence55–55 Mya — about 2 occurrences55–54 Mya — about 2 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 2 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 2 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 2 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 2 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 2 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 2 occurrences48–47 Mya — about 1 occurrence47–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–45 Mya — about 1 occurrence45–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–43 Mya — about 1 occurrence43–42 Mya — about 1 occurrence42–41 Mya — about 1 occurrence41–40 Mya — about 11 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 11 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 11 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 6 occurrences37–36 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences35–34 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences59.24 Mya37.71 Mya62.2 Mya33.3 Mya

74 occurrences of Natica (Naticarius) semilunata on record, most of them in the Eocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

74 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

14 formations

Hatchetigbee Bluff — 31.58°N, 86.74°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.08°N, 88.22°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.92°N, 87.97°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.82°N, 87.37°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.37°N, 88.68°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.94°N, 88.06°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.91°N, 87.74°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.53°N, 87.32°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.65°N, 88.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.07°N, 88.03°WCook Mountain — 31.75°N, 92.97°WCook Mountain — 31.12°N, 95.90°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 29.95°N, 97.14°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.55°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.54°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WWeches — 30.68°N, 96.58°WWeches — 31.59°N, 94.84°WWeches — 31.25°N, 96.12°WWeches — 30.01°N, 97.16°WStone City — 30.53°N, 96.69°WTuscahoma — 31.82°N, 87.37°WTuscahoma — 31.81°N, 87.48°WMcBean — 33.50°N, 80.89°WMcBean — 33.60°N, 80.65°WMcBean — 33.56°N, 80.09°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WLisbon — 31.55°N, 87.91°WYegua — 30.63°N, 96.51°WBoca de Serpiente — 10.08°N, 62.01°WHatchetigbee — 31.36°N, 86.09°WBarnwell Sand — 33.56°N, 81.72°WKosciusko — 32.17°N, 88.83°WWautubbee — 32.34°N, 89.14°W

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The named rock units Natica (Naticarius) semilunata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Natica (Naticarius) semilunata and its relatives

Eocene

Where Natica (Naticarius) semilunata and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

860 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 56 sites for Natica (Naticarius) semilunata, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

11 references

Each of the 74 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Natica semilunata (Lea, 1833)

Source
GBIF
Credit
via GBIF
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Photogrammetry

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
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Specimen
Natica canrena · UF:Invertebrate Zoology:152936-Mollusca

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itNaticarius through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Lea 1833)