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Ilyanassa schizopyga

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Ilyanassa schizopyga was named by Dall (1892) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pliocene; North Carolina.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Ilyanassa schizopyga Dall p. 238
1943Ilyanassa schizopyga Gardner p. 246
2008Ilyanassa schizopyga 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
genusIlyanassaStimpson 1865
speciesschizopygaDall 1892

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.

Ilyanassa schizopyga Dall 1892
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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:09:33
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:43:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Ilyanassa schizopyga (59309 59310)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Ilyanassa schizopyga (59316)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Ilyanassa schizopyga (59313)