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Hima cooperi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Nassa cooperi was named by Forbes (1852). It is extant.

It was recombined as Alectrion cooperi by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Nassarius (Schizopyga) mendicus cooperi by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Nassarius cooperi by Clark (1931); it was recombined as Nassarius mendicus cooperi by DeLong (1941); it was recombined as Nassa mendica cooperi by Woodring and Bramlette (1950); it was recombined as Nassarius (Schizopyga) cooperi by Valentine (1958); it was recombined as Nassaria mendica cooperi by Dibblee (1966); it was recombined as Hima cooperi by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. separabilis, Nassarius karoroensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Nassa cooperi Forbes p. 273 figs. pl. 11, fig. 4
1925Alectrion cooperi Oldroyd p. 12
1931Nassarius cooperi Clark figs. table opp. p. 30
1931Nassarius (Schizopyga) mendicus cooperi Grant, IV and Gale pp. 674-675
1941Nassarius mendicus cooperi DeLong p. 238
1950Nassa mendica cooperi Woodring and Bramlette p. 48
1958Nassarius (Schizopyga) cooperi Valentine
1966Nassaria mendica cooperi Dibblee p. 58
2021Hima cooperi 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
speciescooperi(Forbes 1852)

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 cooperi Forbes 1852
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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 Piacenzian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Nassa cooperi (186031)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Nassa mendica (189765 189766 189767 189768 189769)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Nassa mendica (223033)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa cooperi (201624)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Alectrion cooperi (138723 222995 222998) Nassa cooperi (203108 203114 223525) Nassa mendica (203095 222664 222665 223039 223329) Nassarius cooperi (202632 202634 202636 203113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alectrion cooperi (202936) Nassa mendica (222659 222660 222661 222662 223048 223067 223074)