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Nassarius (Hima)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Hima was named by Leach (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u T Mi-u-l Sepkoski's reference number: 899].

It was reranked as Nassa (Hima) by Vredenburg (1925); it was reranked as Nassarius (Hima) by Beu et al. (1990).

It was assigned to Nassa by Vredenburg (1925); to Nassarius by Beu et al. (1990); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Hima separabilis, Hima socialis, Hima soicalis, Nassa voluptabilis, 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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Hima Leach
1925Nassa (Hima) Vredenburg p. 212
1936Reticunassa Iredale
1990Nassarius (Hima) Beu et al. p. 413
2002Hima 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
subgenusHima(Leach 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.

Subg. †Nassarius (Hima) Leach 1852
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Hima cooperi Forbes 1852 [lean nassa]
Hima insculpta Carpenter 1864 [smooth western nassa]
Hima mendica Gould 1849 [lean western nassa]
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Invalid names: Alectrion mendicus indisputabilis Oldroyd 1927 [invalid subgroup], Nassa gibbsii Cooper 1859 [synonym], Nassa woodwardi Forbes 1850 [synonym]
Nassa (Hima) vicaryi d'Archiac 1850
Invalid names: Reticunassa Iredale 1936 [invalid subgroup], Zeuxis insculptus eupleura Dall 1917 [invalid subgroup]
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 18.7 Ma

Collections (118 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Nassa vicaryi (77164)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand Hima soicalis (67827)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (Auckland) Hima separabilis (84915)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98New Zealand Hima sp. (146597)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) Reticunassa sp. (176560)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Hima socialis (67896 67897 67898 67899 67900)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Nassa tatei (72210)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Nassarius karoroensis (63089 63090)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Nassarius tringa (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Washington) Nassa andersoni (241055)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan Reticunassa acutidentata (97111)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Hima mendica (214259 214267)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Nassa mendicus (238613) Nassarius insculptus, Nassarius mendicus (200398) Nassarius insculptus, Nassarius mendicus, Nassarius mendicus (200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Nassa mendica, Nassa cooperi, Nassa insculpta (186031)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) Hima mendica (214255)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Nassarius insculptus (237590)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Nassa mendica (207724) Nassa mendica, Nassa mendica (189765 189766 189767 189768 189769)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Nassa mendica (168757 223033 231899) Nassarius mendicus (202495)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa cooperi (201624) Nassarius cooperi (237604)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Nassa mendica (96590 96592 96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Nassarius mendicus (37933)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Alectrion mendicus, Alectrion cooperi (138723 222995 222998) Nassa cooperi, Nassa insculpta (203114) Nassa insculpta (202968) Nassa mendica (207886 222663 222664 222665 222666 223039) Nassa mendica, Nassa cooperi (203108 223525) Nassa mendica, Nassa mendica (203095 223329) Nassa mendicus (223327) Nassarius cooperi (202632) Nassarius cooperi, Nassarius mendicus (202634 202636) Nassarius insculptus, Nassarius cooperi (203113) Nassarius mendicus (71053 96894 202637 202639 202648)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa mendica (222646 223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Nassa mendica (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alectrion cooperi, Alectrion mendica (202936) Alectrion mendicus, Alectrion indisputabilis (240580) Nassa mendica (96566 222659 222661 222662 222674 223048 223067 223074 240650 240651 240652 240653 240655 240661) Nassa mendica, Nassa insculpta (222660) Nassa mendica, Nassa mendica (240643 240644 240646 240648) Nassarius indisputabilis (240586) Nassarius insculptus (240626) Nassarius insculptus, Nassarius mendicus (59063) Nassarius mendicus (37672 37674 96895 96901 202490 202491 226458 240554 240555 240587 240594 240595 240600 240609 240613 240614 240617 240635 240636) Nassarius mendicus, Nassarius mendicus (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Reticunassa japonica (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Nassa voluptabilis (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Nassarius mendicus (52347 67613 67642 67643)