Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Parent taxon: Nassarius according to Duméril 1806
See also Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Nassaria cornelliana, Nassarius (Alectrion), Nassarius (Arcularia), Nassarius (Caesia), Nassarius (Catilon), Nassarius (Demondia), Nassarius (Hima), Nassarius (Hinia), Nassarius (Mirua), Nassarius (Nanarius), 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: Nassarius (Nassarius) acutus Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia Nassarius (Nassarius) consensus Nassarius (Nassarius) globosa
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (1), Eritrea (2), Mexico (1), the Philippines (1), South Africa (1), Sudan (1), United States (34: Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina), Vanuatu (1), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (1), Panama (2)
Total: 58 collections including 60 occurrences