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Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Buccinum arcularia was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Nassa arcularia by Abrard (1946); it was recombined as Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia by Hendy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Buccinum arcularia Linnaeus
1946Nassa arcularia Abrard p. 100
2007Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
subfamilyNassariinaeIredale 1916
genusNassariusDuméril 1806
subgenusNassariusDuméril 1806
speciesarcularia(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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
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: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Nassa arcularia (101414)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Nassa arcularia (122946)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea Nassa arcularia (101415 101417)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Yemen Nassarius arcularia (55376)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Nassa arcularia (96791)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu Nassa arcularia (77907)