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Nassarius

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Nassarius was named by Duméril (1806) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 158]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Nassariidae by Woodring (1928), Oostingh (1935), Mukerjee (1939), MacNeil (1960), Woodring (1964), Addicott (1965), Addicott (1970), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Robba et al. (1989), Ward (1992), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1995), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004) and Nielson and Valdovinos (2008); and to Nassariinae by Wilson (1994) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Species
Nassaria cornelliana, N. (Alectrion), N. (Arcularia), N. (Caesia) (syn. Zaphon), N. (Catilon), N. (Demondia), N. (Hima), N. (Hinia), N. (Mirua), N. (Nanarius), N. (Nassarius), N. (Niotha), N. (Plicarcularia), N. (Schizopyga), N. (Tritiaria), N. (Tritonella), N. (Uzita), N. (Zeuxis), N. albescens, N. antillarum (syn. N. albus, N. floridensis), N. bellulus, N. burchardi, N. cabrierensis, N. chowanensis, N. coronatus, N. crematus, N. dorsatus, N. gayi, N. gigantulus, N. glans, N. granulatus, N. hylus, N. incrassatus, N. janschloegli, N. karinae, N. kochianus, N. luridus, N. nodicinctus (syn. Nassa angulicostis), N. pagodus (syn. Nassa canescens), N. papillosus, N. pauperus, N. persicus, N. prysmaticus, N. pullus, N. pygmaeus, N. reductus, N. repititi, N. salina, N. schizopyga, N. scopularcus, N. sopora, N. splendidulus, N. taeniolatus, N. thielei, N. trinitatensis (syn. Alectrion brassoensis, Alectrion brassica), N. trivittatoides, N. vibex
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. analogicus, N. bimaculatus, N. coppii, N. diversus, N. gaiae, N. holsaticus, N. iberoclathratus, N. inaequalis, N. italicus, N. karaganicus, N. karoroensis, N. kiiensis, N. kikaizimanus, N. leucops, N. macrodon, N. megastoma, N. mucronatus, N. nuttalli, N. picta, N. plioholsaticus, N. semistriatus, N. syltensis, N. urupicus, N. wienrichi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Nassarius Duméril
1928Nassarius Woodring p. 264
1935Nassarius Oostingh p. 71
1939Nassarius Mukerjee
1960Nassarius MacNeil p. 78
1964Nassarius Woodring p. 270
1965Nassarius Addicott p. 3
1970Nassarius Addicott p. 98
1977Nassarius Ladd p. 51
1982Nassarius Ladd p. 49
1987Nassarius Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1989Nassarius Robba et al. p. 79
1992Nassarius Ward p. 132
1994Nassarius Wilson p. 78
1995Nassarius Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 60
2001Nassarius Todd
2001Nassarius Wienrich p. 487
2002Nassarius Sepkoski
2004Nassarius Vera-Peláez et al. p. 258
2008Nassarius Nielson and Valdovinos p. 210
2010Nassarius Landau and Marques da Silva p. 74

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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
genusNassariusDuméril 1806

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.

G. Nassarius Duméril 1806
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†Nassaria cornelliana Olsson 1914
Subg. Nassarius (Alectrion) Montfort 1810
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†Alectrion jacksonensis Cooke 1926
†Alectrion losquemadica Maury 1917
†Alectrion merenda Olsson 1922
†Alectrion ranuncula Olsson 1922
Subg. Nassarius (Arcularia) Link 1807
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†Nassa (Arcularia) puntablacoensis Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Nassarius (Arcularia) luteostoma Broderip and Sowerby 1829
Subg. Nassarius (Caesia) Adams and Adams 1853
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†Caesia californiana Conrad 1856
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Invalid names: Nassa waldorfensis Arnold 1908 [synonym]
†Caesia cerritensis Arnold 1903
†Caesia delosi Woodring 1946
Caesia fossatus Gould 1849
†Caesia moraniana Martin 1914
Caesia perpinguis Hinds 1844
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Invalid names: Nassa interstriata Conrad 1855 [synonym]
†Caesia rhinetes Berry 1953
†Nassa fossatus coilotera Woodring 1946
Invalid names: Zaphon [synonym]
Subg. Nassarius (Catilon) Addicott 1965
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†Nassarius (Catilon) antiselli Anderson and Martin 1914
†Nassarius (Catilon) arnoldi Anderson 1905
†Nassarius (Catilon) churchi Hertlein 1928
†Nassarius (Catilon) stocki Kanakoff 1956
Subg. Nassarius (Demondia) Addicott 1965
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†Nassarius (Demondia) lincolnensis Anderson and Martin 1914
Subg. †Nassarius (Hima) Leach 1852
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Hima cooperi Forbes 1852
Hima insculpta Carpenter 1864
Hima mendica Gould 1849
†Nassa (Hima) vicaryi d'Archiac 1850
Invalid names: Reticunassa Iredale 1936 [invalid subgroup]
Subg. Nassarius (Hinia) Gray 1847
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Subg. Nassarius (Niotha) Adams and Adams 1853
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Invalid names: Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus Lamarck 1822 [synonym]
Subg. Nassarius (Plicarcularia) Thele 1929
Subg. Nassarius (Schizopyga) Conrad 1856
Subg. Nassarius (Tritiaria) Conrad 1865
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†Phos hilli jacksonensis Johnson 1899
†Tritiaria chira Olsson 1931
†Tritiaria ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Tritiaria hilli Harris 1895
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†Phos hilli jcksonensis Johnson 1899
†Phos hilli magnocostatus Johnson 1899
†Tritiaria jacksonensis Johnson 1899
†Tritiaria magnooostatus Johnson 1899
†Tritiaria terebratula Olsson 1928
†Tritiaria vicksburgensis Aldrich 1915
†Tritiaria waynensis Mansfield 1940
Subg. Nassarius (Uzita) Adams and Adams 1853
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†Nassarius (Uzita) cinclis Gardner 1944
†Nassarius (Uzita) praeambiguus Brown and Pilsbry 1913
†Nassarius (Uzita) terryi Olsson 1942
†Uzita bidentata Emmons 1858
†Uzita neogenensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919
†Uzita smithiana Olsson 1916
Subg. Nassarius (Zeuxis) Adams and Adams 1853
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†Nassa (Zeuxix) cautleyi d'Archiac and Haime 1854
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Invalid names: Nassarius (Amyclina) dimorphus Cossmann 1903 [synonym]
†Nassarius albescens Dunker 1846
Nassarius antillarum d'Orbigny 1847
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Invalid names: Nassarius albus Say 1826 [replaced]
†Nassarius bellulus Adams 1852
†Nassarius burchardi Dunker 1849
†Nassarius cabrierensis Fischer and Tournouer 1873
†Nassarius chowanensis Gardner 1943
†Nassarius coronatus Bruguière 1789
†Nassarius crematus Hinds 1844
†Nassarius dorsatus Röding 1798
Nassarius gayi Kiener 1835
†Nassarius gigantulus Bonelli in Michelotti 1840
†Nassarius glans Röding 1798
Nassarius granulatus Sowerby 1815
†Nassarius hylus Olsson 1964
Nassarius incrassatus Müller 1773
†Nassarius janschloegli Harzhauser et al. 2011
†Nassarius karinae Wienrich 2001
Nassarius kochianus Dunker 1846
†Nassarius luridus Gould 1850
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Invalid names: Nassa angulicostis Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 [synonym]
Nassarius pagodus Reeve 1844
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Invalid names: Nassa canescens Adams 1852 [synonym]
†Nassarius papillosus Linnaeus 1758
†Nassarius pauperus Gould 1850
†Nassarius persicus Cox 1936
†Nassarius prysmaticus Brocchi 1814
†Nassarius pullus Linnaeus 1758
†Nassarius pygmaeus Lamarck 1822
†Nassarius reductus Vermeij and Wesselingh 2002
†Nassarius repititi Olsson 1964
†Nassarius salina Olsson 1928
†Nassarius schizopyga Dall 1892
Nassarius scopularcus Barnard 1959
†Nassarius sopora Pilsbry and Harbison 1933
†Nassarius splendidulus Dunker 1846
Nassarius taeniolatus Philippi 1845
†Nassarius thielei Olsson 1964
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Invalid names: Alectrion brassica Maury 1925 [synonym], Alectrion brassoensis Mansfield 1925 [synonym]
†Nassarius trivittatoides Whitfield 1894
Nassarius vibex Say 1822
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height61.000.4001.801.450.636

Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Comments: ECOSPACE CODE: 325. DIMENSIONS & MORPHOLOGY: Based on ten randomly selected figured species FEEDING: Most Nassarius species are very active scavengersg
Created: 2009-03-16 09:57:48
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:07:33
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (1119 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Tritiaria emoryi (92246 205260 205261)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Texas) N. sp. (86307) Tritiaria emoryi (86328)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Texas) Tritiaria seguinensis (178129)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) Tritiaria sequinensis (205455)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) N. exilis (80495 90818 101118)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) N. exilis (101123 101126)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Tritiaria cerralvensis (42903)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) N. exilis (89872 100148)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Louisiana) N. exilis (101125)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) N. exilis (91845) Tritiaria nodosa (7788 7789 83950 84325 84337)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) N. exilis (80764 83811 89873 90145 90609 92349 194354) N. sp. (90038 90039 90040)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Texas) Tritiaria nodosa (83949)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indonesia (Central Java) N. ickei (179074 179075)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Tritiaria nodosa (205223 205416 205520 205521 205533)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Tritiaria jacksonensis (1418)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Tritiaria salina, Tritiaria terebratula (52527)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Tritiaria hilli (90305 92374 98676) Tritiaria magnocostata (91115 92303)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Tritiaria sp. (205485)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Tritiaria hilli (90643) Tritiaria jacksonensis (90704)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia (Bolivar) Tritiaria terebratula (3312)