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Hima mendica (lean western nassa)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Nassa mendica was named by Gould (1849). It is extant.

It was recombined as Alectrion mendicus by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Alectrion mendica by Jordan (1926); it was recombined as Alectrion (Schizopyga) mendica by Waterfall (1929); it was recombined as Nassarius (Schizopyga) mendicus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Nassarius mendicus by Clark (1931); it was recombined as Nassaria mendica by Dibblee (1966); it was recombined as Hima mendicus by Powell (2009); it was recombined as Hima mendica by Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Nassa mendica Gould p. 155
1850Nassa woodwardi Forbes p. 273 figs. Pl. 11, Fig. 3
1859Nassa gibbsii Cooper p. 371
1895Nassa mendica Ashley p. 343
1925Alectrion mendicus Oldroyd p. 12
1926Alectrion mendica Jordan p. 245
1927Alectrion mendicus indisputabilis Oldroyd p. 26 figs. Pl. 26, Fig. 4
1929Alectrion (Schizopyga) mendica Waterfall p. 78
1931Nassarius mendicus Clark figs. table opp. p. 30;
1931Nassarius (Schizopyga) mendicus Grant, IV and Gale p. 674 figs. Plate 26, Figure 54
1931Alectrion indisputabilis Oldroyd and Grant IV p. 92
1950Nassa mendica Woodring and Bramlette p. 48
1957Nassa mendica Valentine
1962Nassa mendicus Winterer and Durham figs. table 4
1966Nassarius mendicus indisputabilis Addicott p. C4
1966Nassaria mendica Dibblee p. 58
1972Nassarius indisputabilis Wright p. 690
2009Hima mendicus Powell p. 13
2021Hima mendica Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
subfamilyNassariinaeIredale 1916
genusHimaDuméril 1806
speciesmendica(Gould 1849)

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.

Hima mendica Gould 1849 [lean western nassa]
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Invalid names: Nassa gibbsii Cooper 1859 [synonym], Nassa woodwardi Forbes 1850 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available