Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative spellings: Arcularia, Nassa (Arcularia)
Parent taxon: Nassarius according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Ladd 1977, Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Nassaria cornelliana, Nassarius (Alectrion), 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 (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: Nassa (Arcularia) puntablacoensis Nassarius (Arcularia) luteostoma
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Morocco (5 collections), Peru (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (4), Ecuador (1), the Philippines (3)
• Miocene of Turkey (1)
Total: 16 collections including 23 occurrences