Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative spellings: Hima, Nassa (Hima)
Parent taxon: Nassarius according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vredenburg 1925
Sister taxa: Nassaria cornelliana, Nassarius (Alectrion), Nassarius (Arcularia), Nassarius (Caesia), Nassarius (Catilon), Nassarius (Demondia), Nassarius (Hinia), Nassarius (Mirua), Nassarius (Nanarius), Nassarius (Nassarius), Nassarius (Niotha), Nassarius (Plicarcularia), Nassarius (Schizopyga), Nassarius (Tritiaria), Nassarius (Tritonella), Nassarius (Uzita), 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: Hima cooperi Hima insculpta Hima mendica Nassa (Hima) vicaryi Nassarius (Hima) andersoni Reticunassa
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Japan (1), Mexico (9), United States (58: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), United States (3: California)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (10), Pakistan (1), South Africa (1)
Total: 90 collections including 114 occurrences