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Nassarius (Tritiaria) peralta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy

Ptychosalpinx (Tritiaria) peralta was named by Conrad (1868).

It was recombined as Nassa peralta by Martin (1904); it was recombined as Nassarius (Tritiaria) peralta by Ward (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. analogicus, N. coppii, N. diversus, N. gaiae, N. holsaticus, N. iberoclathratus, N. inaequalis, N. italicus, N. kikaizimanus, N. leucops, N. macrodon, N. megastoma, N. mucronatus, N. nuttalli, N. picta, N. plioholsaticus, N. semistriatus, N. syltensis, N. wienrichi, N. karoroensis, N. urupicus, N. karaganicus, N. bimaculatus, N. kiiensis, Phos dingsi, Tritiaria emoryi, Tritiaria nodosa, Tritiaria seguinensis, Tritiaria dictyola

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1868	Ptychosalpinx (Tritiaria) peralta Conrad p. 264 figs. Plate XIX, Fig. 5
1904	Nassa peralta Martin p. 195
1992	Nassarius (Tritiaria) peralta Ward p. 132

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Nassariidae	Iredale 1916
subfamily	Nassariinae	Iredale 1916
genus	Nassarius	Duméril 1806
subgenus	Tritiaria	(Conrad 1865)
species	peralta	(Conrad 1868)

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 (Tritiaria) peralta Conrad 1868

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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 Langhian to the top of the Tortonian or 15.97000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	USA (Virginia)	Nassarius peralta (61276)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	USA (Maryland)	Nassarius peralta (69023)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	USA (Virginia)	Nassarius peralta (71632)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	USA (Maryland)	Nassa peralta (70851) Nassarius peralta (70853 71631 71635 71636)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	USA (Maryland)	Nassarius peralta (51722 51727 59302 59303 59304 59305 69032)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	USA (Virginia)	Nassarius peralta (79752 79754)