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Nassarius (Zeuxis)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Zeuxis was named by Adams and Adams (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Nassa (Zeuxis) by Martin (1884); it was reranked as Alectrion (Zeuxis) by Dall (1921); it was reranked as Nassarius (Zeuxis) by Oostingh (1935), MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Robba et al. (1989); it was misspelled as Nassa (Zeuxix) by Vredenburg (1925), Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Alectrion by Dall (1921); to Nassa by Martin (1884), Vredenburg (1925); to Nassarius by Oostingh (1935), MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Robba et al. (1989); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Alectrion siquijorensis, Nassarius acteon, Nassarius acutidentatus, Nassarius albinus, Nassarius aldrovandii, Nassarius ambiguus, Nassarius analogicus, Nassarius angulatus, Nassarius antiquus, Nassarius aquitanicus, Nassarius arcularis, Nassarius arcularius, Nassarius argentea, Nassarius argenteus, Nassarius asperatus, Nassarius asperulus, Nassarius auingeri, Nassarius badensis, Nassarius badius, Nassarius banaticus, Nassarius basteroti, Nassarius bidentata, Nassarius bidentatus, Nassarius bidentatus, Nassarius bimaculatus, Nassarius bocholtensis, Nassarius bollenensis, Nassarius bonellii, Nassarius bowerbanki, Nassarius brunneostoma, Nassarius bugellensis, Nassarius caelatus, Nassarius caelatus, Nassarius caelatus, Nassarius caelatus, Nassarius caelatus, Nassarius caelolineatus, Nassarius caloosaensis, Nassarius capensis, Nassarius castus, Nassarius catulli, Nassarius catulloi, Nassarius cavatus, Nassarius cercadicus, Nassarius chiereghinii, Nassarius cimbricus, Nassarius circumcinctus, Nassarius clathratus, Nassarius clathratus, Nassarius clathurellus, Nassarius cocconii, Nassarius collegni, Nassarius colpophorus, Nassarius companyoi, Nassarius comptus, Nassarius connectens, Nassarius coppii, Nassarius coppingeri, Nassarius cornelliana, Nassarius corniculus, Nassarius coronatus, Nassarius correlliana, Nassarius corrugatus, Nassarius crassiusculus, Nassarius crebicostulatus, Nassarius curvicostatus, Nassarius cuvierii, Nassarius dasus, Nassarius delislei, Nassarius dentifer, Nassarius depromptus, Nassarius dertonensis, Nassarius diversus, Nassarius dollfusi, Nassarius dystaktus, Nassarius echinata, Nassarius edwardsii, Nassarius elabratus, Nassarius elatus, Nassarius elegantissimus, Nassarius eniwetokensis, Nassarius exiguus, Nassarius exilis, Nassarius facki, Nassarius familiaris, Nassarius fargoi, Nassarius festivus, Nassarius festivus, Nassarius fijiensis, Nassarius floridana, Nassarius francoindicus, Nassarius fulleri, Nassarius gaiae, Nassarius galbanus, Nassarius gemmulosus, Nassarius gibbosulus, Nassarius girondicus, Nassarius globosus, Nassarius globosus, Nassarius graniferus, Nassarius gurabensis, Nassarius hochstetteri, Nassarius holsaticus, Nassarius honoensis, Nassarius iberoclathratus, Nassarius ickei, Nassarius illovensis, Nassarius inaequalis, Nassarius incertus, Nassarius incrassatu, Nassarius intercisus, Nassarius iodes, Nassarius italicus, Nassarius kachhensis, Nassarius karaganicus, Nassarius karoroensis, Nassarius karreri, Nassarius kiiensis, Nassarius kikaizimanus, Nassarius kometubus, Nassarius kostejanus, Nassarius kraussianus, Nassarius labiosus, Nassarius lamellilabrus, Nassarius latecostata, Nassarius leptospirus, Nassarius leucops, Nassarius liguisticus, Nassarius limatus, Nassarius litorafontis, Nassarius livescence, Nassarius livescens, Nassarius livescens, Nassarius locklini, Nassarius locklini, Nassarius macrodon, Nassarius maderensis, Nassarius mangkalihatensis, Nassarius margaritiferus, Nassarius marshallensis, Nassarius marylandica, Nassarius mastus, Nassarius mayeri, Nassarius mcmakini, Nassarius medicus, Nassarius megastoma, Nassarius mendicus, Nassarius mendicus, Nassarius mendicus, Nassarius micans, Nassarius migra, Nassarius minoensis, Nassarius minoensis, Nassarius mucronatus, Nassarius musivus, Nassarius mutabilis, Nassarius nakamurai, Nassarius nannus, Nassarius nitidus, Nassarius nodiferus, Nassarius notterbecki, Nassarius nuttalli, Nassarius oblongus, Nassarius obvelatus, Nassarius occidentalis, Nassarius ovus, Nassarius pacis, Nassarius parapristuis, Nassarius parapristus, Nassarius pauperatus, Nassarius pedanus, Nassarius perpingus, Nassarius perpulchrus, Nassarius pertenuis, Nassarius pfeifferi, Nassarius picta, Nassarius pictus, Nassarius pinnatus, Nassarius planicosta, Nassarius planicostata, Nassarius planicostatus, Nassarius plioholsaticus, Nassarius pliomagnus, Nassarius polygonatus, Nassarius praemabiguus, Nassarius praembiguus, Nassarius prefestivus, Nassarius productus, Nassarius pseudoserratus, Nassarius pyrenaicus, Nassarius pyrrhus, Nassarius quadrulatus, Nassarius rasta, Nassarius repetiti, Nassarius repetiti, Nassarius reticulata, Nassarius reticulatus, Nassarius ronaldjansseni, Nassarius rufulus, Nassarius scaldensis, Nassarius schepmani, Nassarius schoederi, Nassarius schoenni, Nassarius schonni, Nassarius schroeckingeri, Nassarius schroederi, Nassarius semirugosus, Nassarius semistriatus, Nassarius sequijocensis, Nassarius serraticosta, Nassarius serrulus, Nassarius simizui, Nassarius sinusigerus, Nassarius soldanii, Nassarius sondeianus, Nassarius speciosus, Nassarius spopora, Nassarius striatulus, Nassarius strobelianus, Nassarius subbalteatus, Nassarius subcaudatus, Nassarius subesulcatus, Nassarius sublaevigatus, Nassarius subquadrangularis, Nassarius subtesselatus, Nassarius sulcatus, Nassarius syltensis, Nassarius tehuantepecensis, Nassarius tenuistriatus, Nassarius tessellatus, Nassarius thersites, Nassarius tiarula, Nassarius tjornesensis, Nassarius tonsura, Nassarius trifasciata, Nassarius tringa, Nassarius tritoniformis, Nassarius trivitattoides, Nassarius trivitattoides, Nassarius turbinellus, Nassarius turgens, Nassarius turritus, Nassarius twistringensis, Nassarius urupicus, Nassarius viabex, Nassarius vitiensis, Nassarius voorthuyseni, Nassarius wienrichi, Nassarius woodwardi, Nassarius zeta, Zeuxis hirtus, Zeuxis madiunensis, Zeuxis verbeeki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Zeuxis Adams and Adams
1884Nassa (Zeuxis) Martin p. 121
1921Alectrion (Zeuxis) Dall
1925Nassa (Zeuxix) Vredenburg p. 209
1935Nassarius (Zeuxis) Oostingh p. 75
1960Nassarius (Zeuxis) MacNeil p. 81
1977Nassarius (Zeuxis) Ladd p. 53
1982Nassarius (Zeuxis) Ladd p. 50
1989Nassarius (Zeuxis) Robba et al. p. 79
2002Zeuxis Sepkoski

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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
subgenusZeuxis(Adams and Adams 1853)

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.

Subg. Nassarius (Zeuxis) Adams and Adams 1853
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Nassa (Zeuxix) cautleyi d'Archiac and Haime 1854
Nassarius (Zeuxis) olivaceus Bruguiére 1789
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Invalid names: Nassarius (Amyclina) dimorphus Cossmann 1903 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan Nassarius minoensis (176558)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Nassarius concinnus (70162 70164 70165 70166 70168 70170 70172 70173 70174 70176 70177 70182 70184 70186)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Alectrion siquijorensis (42311)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) Nassarius subbalteatus (42181)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Zeuxis verbeeki, Zeuxis madiunensis (45344)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan Nassarius caelatus (96675)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Nassarius glagahensis (84518 84520 84521 84529)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Nassarius planicosta, Nassarius planicostata (78073)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Nassarius dimorphus (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Vanuatu Nassarius vitiensis (78049)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Nassarius concinnus (77937)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Philippines (Panay) Nassarius caelatus (41664)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Ryukyu) Nassarius kiiensis (41600)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Vanuatu Nassarius vitiensis (78052)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia (East Java) Nassarius castus (96669 96671)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Japan (Okinawa) Nassarius concinnus (42180)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Fiji Nassarius concinnus (94832)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia Nassarius concinnus (67971)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Philippines (Panay) Nassarius schepmani (41651)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Guam Nassarius concinnus (77936)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Vanuatu Nassarius vitiensis (78042)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Nassarius margaritiferus, Nassarius vitiensis, Nassarius barsdelli (78043)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Zeuxis hirtus (89294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Nassarius concinnus (192720)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand Nassarius concinnus (67930)