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Nassarius chowanensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Uzita chowanensis was named by Gardner (1943) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Virginia-North Carolina.]. Its type specimen is USNM 325405, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nassarius chowanensis by Ward and Blackwelder (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Uzita chowanensis Gardner pp. 249-250 figs. Plate 30, Figs 9, 10, 12, 13
1948Uzita chowanensis Gardner pp. 249-250 figs. Plate 30, Figs 9, 10, 12, 13
1987Nassarius chowanensis Ward and Blackwelder p. 175 figs. Plate 40, Figs. 8-9

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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
specieschowanensis()

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 chowanensis Gardner 1943
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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 Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Nassarius chowanensis (58895) Uzita chowanensis (59307)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Nassarius chowanensis (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Nassarius chowanensis (58897)