Natica stellata Hedley, 1913

Jirapatrasilp, Parin, Cuny, Gilles, Kocsis, László, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ngamnisai, Nom, Charoentitirat, Thasinee, Kumpitak, Satapat & Suraprasit, Kantapon, 2024, Mid-Holocene marine faunas from the Bangkok Clay deposits in Nakhon Nayok, the Central Plain of Thailand, ZooKeys 1202, pp. 1-110 : 1-110

Natica stellata Hedley, 1913

Figs 3 D , 6 B

Natica stellata Hedley, 1913: 299 – 300. Type locality: unknown. Cernohorsky 1972: 94 – 95, pl. 24, fig. 6. Wilson 1993: 217, pl. 36, fig. 24. Poutiers 1998 b: 513, with in-text figs. Robba et al. 2004: 71, pl. 9, fig. 2 a, b. Dharma 2005: 176, pl. 63, fig. 18. Robba et al. 2007: 91 (appendix). Hollmann 2008: 492, pl. 191, figs 9, 10 a, b. Nabhitabhata 2009: 125. Torigoe and Inaba 2011: 76 – 77. Mukhopadhyay et al. 2013: 152 – 153, fig. 6. Sanpanich and Duangdee 2013: 57. Okutani 2017: 862, pl. 149, fig. 7. Wells et al. 2021: 83.

Natica (Natica) stellata . Cernohorsky 1971: 176 – 177, figs 6, 8 – 13.

Referred material.

CUF - NKNY - G 05 (126 shells; Figs 3 D , 6 B ).

Habitat.

Sandy gravel bottoms in sublittoral zones down to 20 m depth ( Hollmann 2008; Okutani 2017).

Distribution.

Indo-West Pacific, from Japan to Australia ( Cernohorsky 1972; Wilson 1993; Okutani 2017). Probably present in the Indian Ocean ( Poutiers 1998 b). Records of fossils from the Holocene in central Thailand ( Robba et al. 2003, 2004).

Record in Thailand.

Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea ( Wells et al. 2021).

Taxonomic remarks and comparisons.

This species differs from its similar species, Natica vitellus , in having a parietal callus forming a tongue-shaped extension over the posterior part of the umbilicus ( Cernohorsky 1971). See also comprehensive taxonomic remarks in Cernohorsky (1971).

Figures

Figure 3. Size comparison of coral and gastropods found in this study A Oulangia cf. stokesiana B Neripteron violaceum C Nerita articulata D Natica stellata E Natica vitellus F Homalopoma cf. sangarense G Eunaticina papilla H Ergaea walshi I Pirenella incisa J Scalptia scalariformis K Telescopium telescopium L Merica elegans M Cerithidea obtusa N Bufonaria rana O Nassarius micans P Nassarius siquijorensis Q Paratectonatica tigrina.

Figure 6. Gastropods A Eunaticina papilla B Natica stellata C Natica vitellus D Paratectonatica tigrina E Ergaea walshi F Bufonaria rana G Merica elegans H Scalptia scalariformis.