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Nassarius (Catilon) arnoldi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy

Nassa arnoldi was named by Anderson (1905). It is the type species of Catilon.

It was recombined as Nassarius (Uzita) arnoldi by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Nassarius (Hima) arnoldi by Etherington (1931); it was recombined as Uzita arnoldi by Moore (1963); it was recombined as Nassarius (Catilon) arnoldi by Addicott (1965), Addicott (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. analogicus, N. coppii, N. diversus, N. gaiae, N. holsaticus, N. iberoclathratus, N. inaequalis, N. italicus, N. kikaizimanus, N. leucops, N. macrodon, N. megastoma, N. mucronatus, N. nuttalli, N. picta, N. plioholsaticus, N. semistriatus, N. syltensis, N. wienrichi, N. karoroensis, N. urupicus, N. karaganicus, N. bimaculatus, N. kiiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Nassa arnoldi Anderson p. 204 figs. Plate XVI, Figs. 70 and 71
1931	Nassarius (Hima) arnoldi Etherington pp. 99 - 100 figs. Plate 12, figures 15, 19
1931	Nassarius (Uzita) arnoldi Grant, IV and Gale p. 679
1963	Uzita arnoldi Moore p. 39 figs. Plate 5, figures 14, 16-20
1965	Nassarius (Catilon) arnoldi Addicott p. B12 figs. Plate 3. figures 1-3, 10, 15
1970	Nassarius (Catilon) arnoldi Addicott p. 98 figs. Plate 12, figures 3, 4, 7, 12-15

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Nassariidae	Iredale 1916
subfamily	Nassariinae	Iredale 1916
genus	Nassarius	Duméril 1806
subgenus	Catilon
species	arnoldi	()

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.

†Nassarius (Catilon) arnoldi Anderson 1905

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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: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	USA (Oregon)	Uzita arnoldi (39805)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	USA (Oregon)	Uzita arnoldi (39799 39803 39804 39807)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	USA (California)	Nassarius arnoldi (206393)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Russian Federation	Nassarius arnoldi (45451)