Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative combinations: Alectrion cercadensis, Nassarius cercadensis
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43
Belongs to Nassarius (Uzita) according to W. P. Woodring 1964
See also Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Nassarius (Uzita) armuella, Nassarius (Uzita) cinclis, Nassarius (Uzita) dasynema, Nassarius (Uzita) gurabensis, Nassarius (Uzita) praeambiguus, Nassarius (Uzita) reticosus, Nassarius (Uzita) terryi, Nassarius (Uzita) waltonensis, Uzita bidentata, Uzita neogenensis, Uzita smithiana
Type specimen: Holotype (no number), a shell
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (4 collections)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Panama (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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