Ilyanassa wilmingtonensis Gardner 1943 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Full reference: J. A. Gardner. 1943. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina. Part 1. Pelecypoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(A):1-178

Belongs to Ilyanassa according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Gardner 1943

Sister taxa: Ilyanassa (Paranassa), Ilyanassa arata, Ilyanassa corbis, Ilyanassa granifera, Ilyanassa harpuloides, Ilyanassa irrorata, Ilyanassa isogramma, Ilyanassa johnsoni, Ilyanassa marthae, Ilyanassa obsoleta, Ilyanassa scalaspira, Ilyanassa schizopyga, Ilyanassa sexdentata, Ilyanassa trivittata

Type specimen: USNM 325400, a shell

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: North Carolina collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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