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Nassarius (Uzita)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Uzita was named by Adams and Adams (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 814]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Nassa (Uzita) by Olsson (1942); it was reranked as Hinia (Uzita) by Marasti (1973), Mandic and Steininger (2003); it was reranked as Nassarius (Uzita) by Woodring (1928), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Woodring (1964), Ladd (1977), Todd (2001), Hendy et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Nassa by Olsson (1942); to Nassariidae by Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Hinia by Marasti (1973), Mandic and Steininger (2003); and to Nassarius by Woodring (1928), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Woodring (1964), Ladd (1977), Todd (2001), Hendy et al. (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Hinia limata, Hinia porrecta, Hinia rosthorni, Hinia serraticosta, Nassa inaequicostata, Nassa limata, 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, Uzita anisonema, Uzita berthae, Uzita bimitrodita, Uzita caloosaensis, Uzita consensoides, Uzita cystoides, Uzita dalli, Uzita dasa, Uzita dryas, Uzita dystakta, Uzita eutykta, Uzita floridensis, Uzita grapta, Uzita harrisi, Uzita ischna, Uzita lapenotierei, Uzita nanna, Uzita opeas, Uzita oxia, Uzita pedana, Uzita pedona, Uzita prista, Uzita rabdota, Uzita suffolkensis, Uzita tribaka, Uzita vibex, Uzita watsoni, Uzita zeta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Uzita Adams and Adams
1928Nassarius (Uzita) Woodring p. 265
1931Nassarius (Uzita) Grant, IV and Gale p. 678
1942Nassa (Uzita) Olsson
1947Uzita Gardner p. 466
1948Uzita Gardner p. 248
1964Nassarius (Uzita) Woodring p. 270
1973Hinia (Uzita) Marasti p. 92
1977Nassarius (Uzita) Ladd p. 53
2001Nassarius (Uzita) Todd
2002Uzita Sepkoski
2003Hinia (Uzita) Mandic and Steininger p. 274
2008Nassarius (Uzita) Hendy et al.

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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
subgenusUzita(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 (Uzita) Adams and Adams 1853
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Nassarius (Uzita) cinclis Gardner 1944
Nassarius (Uzita) praeambiguus Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Nassarius (Uzita) terryi Olsson 1942
Uzita bidentata Emmons 1858
Uzita neogenensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919
Uzita smithiana Olsson 1916
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.45 Ma

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Nassarius praeambiguus (42624 42631 49489 49490)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Tamaulipas) Uzita waltonensis (43074 43075)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Uzita anisonema (42367) Uzita anisonema, Uzita cinclis (42366) Uzita anisonema, Uzita harrisi, Uzita dasynema, Uzita cinclis (42443) Uzita anisonema, Uzita tribaka, Uzita harrisi, Uzita opeas, Uzita dasynema, Uzita cinclis (42290) Uzita cinclis (42281) Uzita cystoides, Uzita anisonema, Uzita oxia, Uzita tribaka, Uzita harrisi, Uzita dasynema, Uzita cinclis (41760) Uzita cystoides, Uzita anisonema, Uzita oxia, Uzita tribaka, Uzita harrisi, Uzita opeas, Uzita dasynema, Uzita cinclis (42328) Uzita dryas (42656) Uzita dryas, Uzita ischna, Uzita eutykta, Uzita dalli, Uzita berthae (42642) Uzita harrisi, Uzita dasynema (42225) Uzita sp. (68971) Uzita watsoni, Uzita dryas, Uzita eutykta, Uzita dalli, Uzita berthae (42605 42657 42663) Uzita watsoni, Uzita dryas, Uzita eutykta, Uzita ischna, Uzita bimitrodita, Uzita dalli, Uzita berthae (42482)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Georgia) Uzita rabdota (42069 42109 42212)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Nassarius praeambiguus (52173)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia Hinia rosthorni (73139 73141)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Nassarius waltonensis (68970 111204 136943) Uzita dasa, Uzita prista, Uzita waltonensis (42886) Uzita dystakta (43022) Uzita dystakta, Uzita grapta, Uzita waltonensis (43024) Uzita dystakta, Uzita nanna (43023) Uzita pedana (42801) Uzita pedana, Uzita nanna, Uzita grapta, Uzita waltonensis (42870 43014) Uzita pedana, Uzita nanna, Uzita waltonensis (42692) Uzita pedana, Uzita waltonensis (42875) Uzita pedona (80021) Uzita sp., Uzita pedona (80018) Uzita waltonensis (42813 42819 42874 42884 42892 43009)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Hinia limata (72305)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Hinia limata (72310)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Alectrion cercadensis (58816 58817)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye Hinia porrecta (179777 179778 179780)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Hinia serraticosta (78437)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Nassarius sp. (130981)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Nassarius cercadicus (145337) Nassarius praeambiguus (142922 145210)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Nassarius cercadensis (93056 93160) Nassarius praeambiguus (52171 52172 52174 93145 93146) Nassarius praembiguus (52169)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Nassarius sp. (69017)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Palau Nassarius mangkalihatensis (77930)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Nassarius sp. A (60408 60637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Nassarius mastus (60640 60662 60675)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Nassarius gurabensis (74967)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Nassarius sp. (131293 131334)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Hinia limata, Nassa inaequicostata (72318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Nassa armuella, Nassa terryi (66790)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Nassa limata (72303)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium Nassarius reticosus (80674)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Uzita consensoides, Uzita caloosaensis, Uzita vibex, Uzita smithiana, Uzita bidentata (59307) Uzita sp. (68979) Uzita vibex, Uzita neogenensis (59309)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Nassa reticosa (84764 84819)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Nassarius cercadensis (69093 69094) Nassarius cercadensis, Nassarius gurabensis (58522) Uzita cercadensis, Uzita gurabensis (69090)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Mexico (Veracruz) Nassarius tehuantepecensis (134768)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece Hinia limata, Nassa inaequicostata (72414)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Nassarius reticosus (179048 179079)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Nassarius bidentatus (79336) Nassarius bidentatus, Nassarius caloosaensis, Nassarius rasta, Nassarius fargoi, Nassarius locklini (79331) Uzita floridensis (79786)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Uzita lapenotierei, Uzita consensoides, Uzita caloosaensis, Uzita zeta, Uzita neogenensis (59316) Uzita sp., Uzita suffolkensis (80033) Uzita suffolkensis (80035)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Uzita lapenotierei, Uzita caloosaensis (59313)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Nassarius reticosus (178118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Uzita sp. (79706)