Naticidae, Guilding, 1834

Naticidae View in CoL from the lower Miocene of Switzerland and southern Germany

Several Naticidae View in CoL species have been described from localities in Switzerland and southern Germany from the Eggenburgian/Ottnangian of the North Alpine Foreland Basin by Quenstedt (1891), Hölzl (1958), Steininger (1973), Pfister & Wegmüller (2007) and Höltke (2009). All these specimens are poorly preserved, often deformed and the shells are frequently leached. We have not revised these specimens, which are very difficult to identify. In any case, they are almost certainly not conspecific with the species they were identified as.

Natica helicina View in CoL — Quenstedt 1881: 263, pl. 194, figs 19–20, 24.

Natica cf. glaucina — Quenstedt 1881: 264, pl. 194, fig. 25.

Polinices ( Naticina) catena View in CoL (Da Costa, 1778)— Hölzl 1958: 206, pl. 18, figs 16–17.

Polinices ( Lunatia) aff. lunata (Mayer 1895) — Hölzl 1958: 208, pl. 19, fig. 1.

Polinices View in CoL ( Lunatia View in CoL ?) saucatensis ( Mayer 1864)— Hölzl 1958: 209, pl. 19, fig. 3.

Natica millepunctata Lamarck 1822 View in CoL — Hölzl 1958: 210, pl. 19, figs 4–4a.

Natica millepunctata tigrina Defrance 1825 View in CoL – Hölzl 1958: 212, pl. 19, figs 3–3a.

Natica burdigalensis Mayer 1864 — Hölzl 1958: 210, pl. 19, fig. 6.

Lunatia catena helicina ( Brocchi, 1814) — Steininger 1973: 411, pl. 5, fig. 1.

Polinices ( Polinices) submamillaris dertomamilla Sacco 1891 – Steininger 1973: 411.

Natica sallomacensis Tournouër 1873 — Pfister & Wegmüller 2007: 100, pl. 16, figs 1–15, pl. 17, figs 1–9. Euspira sp. aff. helicina (Brocchi 1914) View in CoL — Pfister & Wegmüller 2007: 101, pl. 18, figs 1–16.

Natica? burdigalensis Mayer, 1864 — Höltke 2009: 87, fig. 33.