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Sassia

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Charonia (Sassia) was named by Bellardi (1872). It is extant. Its type is Triton apenninicum.

It was Triton (Sassia) by Sacco (1904); it was reranked as Sassia by Turner (1938), Adegoke (1977), Beu (1978), Squires (1987), Dockery (1993), Wilson (1993), Harzhauser (2002), Sepkoski (2002), Harzhauser (2004), Beu (2005), Harasewych and Beu (2007), Nielson and Valdovinos (2008) and Darragh (2017).

It was assigned to Triton by Sacco (1904); to Charonia by Kojumdgieva and Strachimirov (1960) and Karagiuleva (1964); to Ranellinae by Beu (1978); to Cymatiidae by Turner (1938), Adegoke (1977), Dockery (1993) and Harzhauser (2002); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cymatiinae by Squires (1987), Wilson (1993), Harzhauser (2004), Beu (2005) and Harasewych and Beu (2007); and to Ranellidae by Nielson and Valdovinos (2008) and Darragh (2017).

Subtaxa
Austrosassia abbotti, Austrosassia annectans, Austrosassia crassicostatus, Austrosassia tortirostris, Austrotriton cyphus, Austrotriton gibbus, Austrotriton protensus, Austrotriton textilis, Austrotriton tumulosus, Austrotriton woodsii, Charonia (Sassia) angusta, Charonia (Sassia) danica, Proxicharonia palmeri, S. (Byramia), S. (Personella) (syn. Byramia), S. (Sassia) (syn. S. (Monocirsus)), S. africana, S. apenninica, S. armata (syn. Siphonalia matthewsi, Siphonalia nodosocincta, Tritonium bicegoi), S. carlea, S. carmenensis, S. indica, S. kampyla (syn. Lotorium nodocostatum, Cymatium remotum), S. leucostomoides, S. lewisi, S. melpangi, S. morgani, S. nigeriana, S. nucleoides, S. parvula, S. philomelae, S. radialis, S. tatei (syn. Triton armatus), S. warreni
Species lacking formal opinion data
Eutritonium permutabile, S. monilifera
Sister taxa
S. (Byramia), S. (Personella) (syn. Byramia), S. (Sassia) (syn. S. (Monocirsus))

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Charonia (Sassia) Bellardi
1903Austrotriton Cossmann p. 93
1904Triton (Sassia) Sacco p. 38
1929Negyrina Iredale
1929Cymatoma Iredale p. 177
1929Charoniella Powell and Bartrum p. 426
1931Austrosassia Finlay p. 7
1936Phanozesta Iredale
1938Proxicharonia Powell p. 373
1938Sassia Turner p. 91
1960Charonia (Sassia) Kojumdgieva and Strachimirov p. 137
1964Charonia (Sassia) Karagiuleva p. 189
1976Sassia (Austrosassia) Beu pp. 304 - 305
1976Sassia (Austrotriton) Beu p. 305
1977Sassia Adegoke p. 210
1978Sassia Beu p. 30
1978Sassia (Proxicharonia) Beu p. 32
1987Sassia Squires p. 40
1993Sassia Dockery p. 78
1993Sassia Wilson p. 249
2002Sassia Harzhauser p. 92
2002Austrosassia Sepkoski
2002Austrotriton Sepkoski
2002Proxicharonia Sepkoski
2002Sassia Sepkoski
2004Sassia Harzhauser p. 135
2005Sassia (Austrotriton) Beu p. 33
2005Sassia Beu p. 103
2007Sassia Harasewych and Beu p. 90
2008Sassia Nielson and Valdovinos p. 209
2017Sassia Darragh p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusSassia(Bellardi 1872)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Sassia Bellardi 1872
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†Charonia (Sassia) danica Schnetler 2001
Subg. †Sassia (Byramia) MacNeil and Dockery 1984
Subg. †Sassia (Personella) Conrad 1865
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Invalid names: Byramia MacNeil and Dockery 1984 [synonym]
Subg. †Sassia (Sassia) Bellardi 1872
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†Sassia (Sassia) neozelanica Marshall and Murdoch 1923
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Invalid names: Sassia (Sassia) clifdenensis Finlay 1924 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sassia (Monocirsus) Cossmann 1889 [synonym]
†Sassia africana Adegoke 1977
†Sassia apenninica Sassi 1827
†Sassia armata Hupé 1854
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Invalid names: Siphonalia matthewsi Ihering 1914 [synonym], Siphonalia nodosocincta Ihering 1907 [synonym], Tritonium bicegoi Ihering 1899 [synonym]
†Sassia carlea Dockery 1993
†Sassia carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Sassia indica Vredenburg 1925
Sassia kampyla Watson 1885
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Invalid names: Cymatium remotum Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995 [synonym], Lotorium nodocostatum Tate and May 1901 [synonym]
Sassia leucostomoides Sowerby 1846
Sassia lewisi Harasewych and Petuch 1980
Sassia melpangi Harasewych and Beu 2007
†Sassia morgani Ortmann 1900
†Sassia nigeriana Adegoke 1977
†Sassia nucleoides Garvie 1996
†Sassia parvula Michelotti 1847
Sassia philomelae Watson 1881
†Sassia radialis Tate 1888
†Sassia tatei Beu 2010
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Invalid names: Triton armatus Tate 1888 [replaced]
†Sassia warreni Beu 2010
Invalid names: Austrosassia Finlay 1931 [synonym], Austrotriton Cossmann 1903 [synonym], Charoniella Powell and Bartrum 1929 [synonym], Cymatoma Iredale 1929 [synonym], Negyrina Iredale 1929 [synonym], Phanozesta Iredale 1936 [synonym], Proxicharonia Powell 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height447.337.651.750.76.74

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Gelasian or 72.10000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (238 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) S. carlea (7456 32139 32141 32142)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) S. sp. (205445)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Charonia tuberculosa (27819 27822 28450)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Charonia mariae, Charonia simplicostata, Charonia planisulcata, Charonia curtula, Charonia briarti (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland S. sp. n. large form (177724)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland S. antiqua (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark S. faxense, S. sp. (176994)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France S. rutoti (20816)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) Charonia angusta (84335)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Charonia bjerringi, Charonia danica (35265) Charonia sp. (51500) S. bjerringi (35266) S. bjerringi, S. danica (35267) S. danica (35263 35264)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria S. nigeriana, S. africana (7791)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France Charonia antiqua (178086)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Bulgaria (Varna) Charonia vincenti (102400)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Australia (Victoria) S. sp. (6266)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Bulgaria (Pleven) Charonia vincenti (102403)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland S. delafossei, S. inornatum, S. sp. (27018) S. rutoti (27020)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Personella sp. (167604)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Distorsio nucleoides (7788 7789 83950 84325 84337)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Distorsio septemdentata (89849)
Waipawan55.8 - 53.0New Zealand S. sp. (51084)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Distorsio septemdentata (99673)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Yvelines) S. sp. (177970)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Distorsio septemdentata (52344)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) S. bileneata (201033 201040 201041)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Distorsio septemdentata (81224 81238)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (8125) S. sp., S. sussexiensis, S. expansa, S. arguta, S. flandrica (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Distorsio nucleoides (205520 205521 205533) Distorsio septemdentata (1450 1453 90651 205436) Distorsio septendentata (1451) S. sp. (205440)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Eure-et-Loir) Charonia reticulosa (178055)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Charonia bicincta, Charonia colubrina, Charonia dumortieri, Charonia formosa, Charonia multigranifera, Charonia nodularia, Charonia planicostata, Charonia reticulosa, Charonia striatula, Charonia viperina (171526)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0France (Loire-Atlantique) Eutritonium namnetense (122893)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Distorsio septemdentata (205420 205490)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Distorsio septemdentata (90470)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Distorsio septemdentata (2412)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Personella septemdentata (42990 42991)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand Austrosassia marwicki (64733)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) S. sp. (52526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Distorsio septemdentata (2452 7438 7439 90884 90885 91119 92237 205264 205265 205266 205267 205271 205410 205414 205422 205424 205425 205429 205430 205433 205461 205477 205480 205481 205484 205485 205515 205531)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) Charonia cnneata, Charonia scabriuscula (179130)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Distorsio septemdentata (92273 92381 92388 98787)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Distorsio septemdentata (2417 2441)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain S. sp. (141924)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) S. arguta (42639 42641) S. flandrica (42644)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia (Bolivar) S. carmenensis (3312)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Distorsio septemdentata (2436 2438 90706 90707 90709 91050 99735 100142 205508) S. sp. (205535)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) Austrotriton sp. (205813)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand Austrosassia sp. (67591) Austrotriton n. sp. (67839)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) S. tortirostris (205816)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Charonia flandriea, Charonia multigrana (179751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Charonia multigrana, Charonia flandrica (85445)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) S. marwicki (45041)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4Argentina (Santa Cruz) Austrosassia matthewi (42491 52859)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4New Zealand Austrosassia cyphoides (67928)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Victoria) S. oligostira (71236)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Landes) S. subspinosum (176463)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Pakistan Tritonium indicum (77159)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Denmark S. flandrica (111476)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany S. foveolata, S. flandrica (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) S. abbreviata (177590) S. conradiana (5500 5501 5612 5779 5787 5788 5820 5943 5953 7113) S. sp. (74079) S. spp. (66307 66308 66309 66310 66311 66312 66313 66314 66315 66316 66329 66330)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03New Zealand Austrosassia sp. (45025)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand Austrosassia maoria (67854 67864)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) S. abbotti, Personella interposita (71238)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Austrosassia mathewi, Siphonalia nodosocincta (48068)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark S. flandrica (111472 111474 111475)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Charonia tarbelliana (62883)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) Triton abbotti, Triton tortirostris, Triton crassicostatus (72221)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Grenada S. apenninica (111216)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Austrotriton sp. (71241) S. abbotti (71240)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Austrosassia mathewi (71429) S. bicegoi (185967) S. bicegoi, S. morgani (71542) Siphonalia nodosocincta (71403)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Charonia tarbelliana (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Charonia tarbelliana (62899 62953)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) Charonia clifdenensis, Austrosassia zealta (84915)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand Austrosassia sp. (67887)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile Tritonium bicegoi (78521)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany S. tarbelliana, S. sp. (111599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Charonia benoisti, Charonia tritonea (70191) Charonia tarbelliana (74868)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy S. appeninica, S. borsoni, S. granosa (178110 178111) S. appeninica, S. borsoni, S. granosa, S. laevigata, S. parvula (178108)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Austrosassia maoria (67896 67898 67900) Austrosassia maoria, Proxicharonia neozelanica (67897)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy S. appeninica, S. borsoni, S. granosa (178112) S. borsoni (178114)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany Charonia tarbelliana (178467 178468)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Charonia tarbelliana (186883)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) Austrosassia sp. (45175)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Austrotriton woodsi (71351) Austrotriton woodsi, Austrotriton textilis (71242) Triton gibbus, Triton cyphus, Triton woodsii, Triton textilis, Triton annectans, Triton tumulosus, Triton tortirostris, Triton protensus (72210)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Charonia tarbelliana (61895 61896 61898 61900 61902 61903 61904 61905 62885 62886 62888)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Charonia tarbelliana, Charonia apenninica (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Charonia tarbelliana, Charonia apenninica (86875)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand S. sp. (63089 63090)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Charonia tarbelliana, Charonia apenninica (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333New Zealand (Wairarapa) Austrosassia pahaoaensis (35690)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Charonia radialis (63432)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Chile Cymatium remotum (78556)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic S. warreni (84977)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain S. tuberculifera (80564)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic S. warreni (80136)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Charonia apenninica (72318)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Chile S. leucostomoides (79201 79202 79204 79205 79206 79207 79208 79209 79210 79211 79212) S. monilifera, S. leucostomoides (79213)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain S. apenninica (80563) S. tuberculifera, S. apenninica (80561 80562)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) S. apenninica (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Charonia apenninica (72414)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Charonia apenninica (178457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Chile S. leucostomoides (89241)