Nassa cara Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79

Belongs to Nassa according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Tritia agatensis, Tritia coloratus, Tritia mutabilis, Nassa sublirella, Nassa crassigranosa, Nassa miser, Nassa greensboroensis, Nassa fueguina, Nassa packardi, Nassa calvertensis, Nassa (Telasco), Nassa monensis, Nassa nordenskjoldi, Nassa (Eione), Nassa gubernatoria, Nassa (Amycla), Nassa reussi, Nassa (Hebra), Nassa marylandica, Nassa microstoma, Nassa peraltoides, Nassa tinosa, Nassa plicatella, Nassa socialis, Nassa columbelloides, Nassa pacis, Nassa palta

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zone J - Canoa Formation (Pliocene of Ecuador)

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