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Polinices (Lunatia) J. E. Gray, 1847
150547 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150547)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Subgenus
Natica ampullaria Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Euspira heros (Say, 1822) (type by original designation)
- Species Polinices (Lunatia) alderi (Forbes, 1838) accepted as Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)
- Species Polinices (Lunatia) catena (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Polinices (Lunatia) fusca (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825)
- Species Polinices (Lunatia) grisea (E. von Martens, 1878) accepted as Kerguelenatica delicatula (E. A. Smith, 1902) (unaccepted > unavailable name, based on an unavailable basionym)
- Species Polinices (Lunatia) intermedia (R. A. Philippi, 1836) accepted as Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)
- Species Polinices (Lunatia) monilifera (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Polinices (Lunatia) pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) accepted as Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Species Polinices (Lunatia) poliana (Delle Chiaje, 1826) accepted as Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)
- Species Polinices (Lunatia) sandwichensis Dall, 1895 accepted as Natica sandwichensis (Dall, 1895) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Polinices (Lunatia) sordida (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]
page(s): 149 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Polinices (Lunatia) J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150547 on 2026-10-01
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(of Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 149 [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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