Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative spellings: Hinia (Uzita), Nassa (Uzita), Uzita
Parent taxon: Nassarius according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Gardner 1947, Gardner 1948, Ladd 1977, Mandic and Steininger 2003, Marasti 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Nassaria cornelliana, Nassarius (Alectrion), Nassarius (Arcularia), Nassarius (Caesia), Nassarius (Catilon), Nassarius (Demondia), Nassarius (Hima), Nassarius (Hinia), Nassarius (Mirua), Nassarius (Nanarius), Nassarius (Nassarius), Nassarius (Niotha), Nassarius (Plicarcularia), Nassarius (Schizopyga), Nassarius (Tritiaria), Nassarius (Tritonella), Nassarius (Zeuxis), Nassarius albescens, Nassarius antillarum, Nassarius bellulus, Nassarius burchardi, Nassarius cabrierensis, Nassarius chowanensis, Nassarius coronatus, Nassarius crematus, Nassarius dorsatus, Nassarius gayi, Nassarius gigantulus, Nassarius glans, Nassarius granulatus, Nassarius hylus, Nassarius incrassatus, Nassarius janschloegli, Nassarius karinae, Nassarius kochianus, Nassarius luridus, Nassarius nodicinctus, Nassarius pagodus, Nassarius papillosus, Nassarius pauperus, Nassarius persicus, Nassarius prysmaticus, Nassarius pullus, Nassarius pygmaeus, Nassarius reductus, Nassarius repititi, Nassarius salina, Nassarius schizopyga, Nassarius scopularcus, Nassarius sopora, Nassarius splendidulus, Nassarius taeniolatus, Nassarius thielei, Nassarius trinitatensis, Nassarius trivittatoides, Nassarius vibex
Subtaxa: Nassarius (Uzita) armuella Nassarius (Uzita) cercadensis Nassarius (Uzita) cinclis Nassarius (Uzita) dasynema Nassarius (Uzita) gurabensis Nassarius (Uzita) praeambiguus Nassarius (Uzita) reticosus Nassarius (Uzita) terryi Nassarius (Uzita) waltonensis Uzita bidentata Uzita neogenensis Uzita smithiana
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection), United States (8: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (2), Greece (2), Italy (1), Jamaica (4), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (3), Greece (2), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Palau (1), Panama (16), Slovakia (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkey (3), United States (39: Florida, Georgia, Maryland), Venezuela (1)
Total: 103 collections including 183 occurrences