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Nassa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Nassa was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 122,926; NOTE: Authority stated as Lamack 1799 by Malumian et al. 1978.]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Buccinum (Nassa) by de Gregorio (1890).

It was assigned to Buccinum by de Gregorio (1890); to Drupinae by MacNeil (1960); to Thaididae by Ladd (1977); to Buccinidae by Woods (1922) and Malumian et al. (1978); to Nassidae by Martin (1904), Nagao (1928), Woodring (1938) and Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984); to Thaidinae by Wilson (1994); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Nassa Röding
1890Buccinum (Nassa) de Gregorio p. 102
1904Nassa Martin p. 191
1922Nassa Woods p. 95
1928Nassa Nagao p. 111
1938Nassa Woodring p. 23
1960Nassa MacNeil p. 64
1977Nassa Ladd p. 40
1978Nassa Malumian et al. pp. 278, 280
1984Nassa Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 111
1994Nassa Wilson p. 45
2002Nassa Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusNassaRöding 1798

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.

G. Nassa Röding 1798
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Subg. †Nassa (Eione) Risso 1826
Subg. Nassa (Hebra) Adams and A. 1853
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Nassa (Hebra) bonneti Cossmann 1901
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Nassa (Telasco) falconeri d'Archiac and Haime 1850
Nassa (Telasco) mekranica Vredenburg 1925
Nassa calvertensis Martin 1904
Nassa cara Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Nassa columbelloides Basterot 1825
Nassa crassigranosa Tate 1888
Nassa eocenica Weaver 1912
Nassa fueguina Steinmann and Wilckens 1908
Nassa greensboroensis Martin 1904
Nassa gubernatoria Martin 1904
Nassa marylandica Martin 1904
Nassa microstoma Wood 1842
Nassa miser Dall 1908
Nassa monensis Forbes 1842
Nassa pacis Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Nassa packardi Weaver 1912
Nassa palta Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Nassa peraltoides Martin 1904
Nassa plicatella Adams 1852
Nassa reussi Martin 1879
Nassa socialis Hutton 1886
Nassa sublirella Tate 1888
Nassa tinosa Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (115 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Puerto Rico N. sp. (87547)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indonesia (Central Java) N. nanggulanensis (179074)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Latrius eocenica (200874 200886 200892)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Latirus eocenica (52204 52207 203164)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina N. fueguina (66144 66145 66146)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru (Tumbes) N. zorritensis (59000)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan N. bonneti (77169 77170) N. falconeri (77164)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia N. reussi (81717)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Hima socialis (67822)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Iran N. sp. (77215)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary N. hoernesi (34739)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece N. subventricosa (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Russian Federation N. duplicata (48070)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) N. sp. (79104 79113 79114 79353)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania N. restitutiana (86875)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria N. lamata (74647)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus N. sp. (34690 71889)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece N. seyhanensis, N. subventricosa, N. musiva (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Papua New Guinea N. tambacana (78304)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan N. mekranica (77153)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) N. sp. (39324 39325 39327 39334 39335 39351 39353 39354 39355 39389 39390 39391 39393 39400 39404 39405)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece N. musiva (72318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) N. microstoma (84756)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) N. mutabilis, N. costulata (209253)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Antarctica N. sp., N. nordenskjoeldi (41576)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Nassarius bonneti (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Philippines (Tayabas) Hebra subspinosa, Hebra jonkeri (41523 41524)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Vanuatu N. muricata (77904)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) N. consensa (75012)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea N. siquijorensis (78263)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) N. tinosa (51886)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) N. serta (42291)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) N. monensis (84759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece N. musiva (72414)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) N. pacis, N. cara, N. palta (51878)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica N. pagoda (66777) N. sp. (66778)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia (Erongo) Nassarius plicatellus (124052 124053 124057)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan N. nodifera (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea N. coronata (101415 101417)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia N. scropularcus (122932)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba N. ambigua (66773)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa N. capensis, N. kraussiana (122945) N. kraussiana (122939 122940 122941 122943 122944 122946) N. speciosa, N. plicatella (122937)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco N. reticulata, N. vaucheri, N. ferussaci, N. pygmea, N. pfeifferi (127581)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) N. francolinus (89294)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco N. corniculum (127626) N. mutabilis (127583 127590) N. mutabilis, N. corniculum, N. pfeifferi (127579) N. mutabilis, N. reticulata, N. vaucheri, N. ferussaci, N. corniculum, N. pfeifferi (127580) N. pygmea, N. sp. B, N. pfeifferi (127571) N. reticulata (127572 127573) N. reticulata, N. corniculum (127636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) N. francolina (81106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea N. coronata (101543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga N. serta (78076)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland N. reticulata (64001 64028 64031 64032 64033)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel N. sp. (225667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) N. francolinus (89290 89402)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia N. francolina (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco N. mutabilis (127595) N. mutabilis, N. reticulata, N. limata, N. ferussaci (127599) N. reticulata (127591 127592) N. sp. A (127593)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti N. coronata, N. pullus (96791) N. pullus (96787 96789 96792 96793 96794)