Naticidae

Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape.

Naticidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
moon snailPBDB
Sits inside
NaticoideaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 382 million years on record.

The record covers at least 382.31 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 387.95 Mya to 0 Mya.

Devonian — about 1 of 9012 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 1 of 9012 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 7 of 9012 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 3 of 9012 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 22 of 9012 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 57 of 9012 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 95 of 9012 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 61 of 9012 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 39 of 9012 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 227 of 9012 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1277 of 9012 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 573 of 9012 occurrencesEocene — about 2038 of 9012 occurrencesOligocene — about 503 of 9012 occurrencesMiocene — about 2429 of 9012 occurrencesPliocene — about 814 of 9012 occurrencesPleistocene — about 796 of 9012 occurrences396–383 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences383–369 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences317–303 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303–290 Mya — about 4 occurrences290–277 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences264–251 Mya — about 4 occurrences251–237 Mya — about 24 occurrences237–224 Mya — about 35 occurrences224–211 Mya — about 11 occurrences211–198 Mya — about 17 occurrences198–185 Mya — about 37 occurrences185–171 Mya — about 56 occurrences171–158 Mya — about 65 occurrences158–145 Mya — about 32 occurrences145–132 Mya — about 70 occurrences132–119 Mya — about 58 occurrences119–106 Mya — about 72 occurrences106–92 Mya — about 196 occurrences92–79 Mya — about 223 occurrences79–66 Mya — about 889 occurrences66–53 Mya — about 742 occurrences53–40 Mya — about 1112 occurrences40–26 Mya — about 1108 occurrences26–13 Mya — about 1425 occurrences13–0 Mya — about 2833 occurrences382.31 Mya11.7 ka396 Mya0 Mya

9,012 occurrences of Naticidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

9,012 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

897 formations

Gatun — 9.35°N, 79.83°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.04°N, 80.65°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.85°WGatun — 9.27°N, 79.92°WGatun — 9.17°N, 80.00°WCook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 30.53°N, 96.69°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 31.75°N, 92.97°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.16°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WCook Mountain — 32.35°N, 92.72°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 32.36°N, 92.98°WCook Mountain — 31.26°N, 93.82°WCook Mountain — 30.90°N, 96.38°WCook Mountain — 30.00°N, 97.14°WCook Mountain — 30.18°N, 96.94°WCook Mountain — 32.51°N, 92.12°WCook Mountain — 31.49°N, 93.47°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 93.65°WCook Mountain — 31.12°N, 95.90°WCook Mountain — 30.01°N, 97.16°WCook Mountain — 30.62°N, 96.56°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 95.52°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.54°WCook Mountain — 31.11°N, 96.28°WCook Mountain — 31.36°N, 95.42°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.50°N, 88.94°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.93°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.73°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.61°N, 88.90°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.15°N, 88.67°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.91°N, 88.51°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 32.73°N, 88.30°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.49°N, 88.10°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 87.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.03°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 33.61°N, 88.65°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 90.00°WCercado — 19.47°N, 71.08°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.20°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.27°WCercado — 19.92°N, 71.57°WCercado — 19.42°N, 71.08°WCercado — 19.30°N, 71.67°WCercado — 19.58°N, 71.04°WCercado — 18.93°N, 71.62°WGurabo — 19.48°N, 71.09°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.20°WGurabo — 19.58°N, 71.25°WGurabo — 19.48°N, 70.98°WGurabo — 18.73°N, 71.00°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 70.50°WGurabo — 19.45°N, 70.70°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.33°WGurabo — 19.40°N, 70.72°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 71.67°WGurabo — 19.58°N, 71.05°WGurabo — 18.93°N, 71.62°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.63°N, 86.17°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.84°N, 88.25°WMoodys Branch — 31.40°N, 93.71°WMoodys Branch — 32.00°N, 92.08°WMoodys Branch — 32.11°N, 92.08°WMoodys Branch — 31.82°N, 92.33°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 31.78°N, 92.49°WMoodys Branch — 33.96°N, 92.19°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 31.63°N, 91.82°WMoodys Branch — 31.26°N, 93.82°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WMoodys Branch — 31.92°N, 91.92°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.76°N, 85.13°WProvidence — 31.82°N, 84.97°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 32.32°N, 89.16°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WLisbon — 31.55°N, 87.91°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WCorsicana Marl — 33.53°N, 94.51°WCorsicana Marl — 33.51°N, 94.67°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.85°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.88°N, 96.20°WCorsicana Marl — 32.59°N, 96.32°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.27°WCorsicana Marl — 32.25°N, 96.29°WCorsicana Marl — 32.06°N, 96.47°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.75°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.52°N, 96.58°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.81°N, 97.10°WCorsicana Marl — 30.69°N, 97.20°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.32°N, 97.53°WCorsicana Marl — 30.23°N, 97.52°WCorsicana Marl — 30.20°N, 97.58°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.62°N, 98.06°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.44°N, 98.56°WCorsicana Marl — 29.39°N, 98.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 98.58°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WHatchetigbee 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 — 31.07°N, 88.03°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.37°N, 88.68°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 88.05°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.35°N, 86.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.25°N, 88.43°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.32°N, 86.00°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.91°N, 87.74°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 87.75°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.53°N, 87.32°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.65°N, 88.08°WCastilletes — 11.85°N, 71.33°WCastilletes — 11.93°N, 71.34°WCastilletes — 11.95°N, 71.29°WCastilletes — 11.85°N, 71.37°WWeches — 31.76°N, 93.09°WWeches — 30.67°N, 96.37°WWeches — 30.00°N, 97.15°WWeches — 30.23°N, 97.52°WWeches — 31.56°N, 94.50°WWeches — 30.68°N, 96.58°WWeches — 31.21°N, 96.02°WWeches — 31.11°N, 96.28°WWeches — 31.34°N, 95.68°WWeches — 31.00°N, 96.83°WWeches — 31.59°N, 94.84°WWeches — 31.25°N, 96.12°WWeches — 31.22°N, 96.06°WRipley — 34.73°N, 88.95°WRipley — 34.49°N, 89.01°WRipley — 34.25°N, 90.00°WRipley — 34.93°N, 88.52°WRipley — 35.23°N, 88.61°WRipley — 33.89°N, 89.02°WRipley — 32.05°N, 86.78°WRipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WRipley — 33.86°N, 96.83°WRipley — 35.29°N, 88.60°WRipley — 32.64°N, 88.17°WPico — 34.36°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.33°N, 118.72°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.70°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.47°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.52°WKeasey — 45.75°N, 123.25°WKeasey — 45.72°N, 123.20°WKeasey — 45.74°N, 123.27°WKeasey — 46.00°N, 123.26°WKeasey — 45.90°N, 123.15°WKeasey — 45.88°N, 123.26°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.68°WLa Meseta — 64.25°S, 56.70°WLa Meseta — 64.23°S, 56.64°WLa Meseta — 64.26°S, 56.62°WRedding — 40.64°N, 122.36°WRedding — 40.64°N, 122.24°WRedding — 40.65°N, 122.25°WRedding — 40.68°N, 122.02°WRedding — 40.61°N, 122.07°WRedding — 40.63°N, 122.03°WRedding — 40.66°N, 122.25°WRedding — 40.67°N, 122.14°WRedding — 40.64°N, 122.25°WPorters Creek — 31.93°N, 87.02°WPorters Creek — 32.12°N, 87.26°WPorters Creek — 31.99°N, 87.29°WPorters Creek — 32.03°N, 87.45°WPorters Creek — 31.97°N, 87.20°WPorters Creek — 32.23°N, 88.00°WPorters Creek — 32.37°N, 88.03°WPorters Creek — 31.94°N, 87.05°WPorters Creek — 32.08°N, 87.40°WPorters Creek — 35.06°N, 88.89°WPorters Creek — 31.22°N, 96.91°WPorters Creek — 32.44°N, 96.23°WTejon — 34.94°N, 118.82°WTejon — 34.99°N, 118.83°WTejon — 34.92°N, 118.93°WTejon — 34.96°N, 118.87°WTejon — 34.93°N, 119.23°WTejon — 34.91°N, 119.09°WTejon — 34.92°N, 119.25°WTejon — 34.91°N, 119.04°WTejon — 46.41°N, 122.98°WWoodbine — 31.95°N, 97.32°WWoodbine — 32.73°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.84°N, 97.08°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.81°N, 96.83°WWoodbine — 33.68°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.73°N, 96.77°WWoodbine — 33.70°N, 96.58°WWoodbine — 33.60°N, 96.37°WWoodbine — 33.67°N, 96.34°WWoodbine — 33.87°N, 95.57°WRound Mountain Silt — 35.44°N, 118.81°WRound Mountain Silt — 35.43°N, 118.89°WRound Mountain Silt — 35.46°N, 118.92°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 30.80°N, 96.95°WKincaid — 31.67°N, 96.47°WKincaid — 30.33°N, 97.37°WKincaid — 31.17°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 32.98°N, 95.93°WKincaid — 31.30°N, 96.88°WKincaid — 29.57°N, 98.13°WKincaid — 30.10°N, 97.30°WKincaid — 32.57°N, 96.17°WKincaid — 32.58°N, 96.30°WKincaid — 30.23°N, 97.52°WKincaid — 30.13°N, 97.47°WKincaid — 31.05°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 29.21°N, 99.79°WKincaid — 31.36°N, 96.04°WKincaid — 31.37°N, 96.69°WKincaid — 31.29°N, 96.72°W

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The named rock units Naticidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 873 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,595 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Naticidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Naticidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,268 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,090 sites for Naticidae, and this reads 240 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

1,024 references

Each of the 9,012 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. 1,012 further references are not listed. 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 Naticidae

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Blenni – blenni@gmail.com (Thomas Huelsken, Bochum)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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