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Nassarius antillarum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy

Buccinum (Nassa) antillarum was named by d'Orbigny (1847). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nassarius antillarum by Hendy et al. (2008).

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

Synonyms

Nassarius albus was named by Say (1826). It is extant.

It was replaced with Nassarius antillarum by Hendy et al. (2008).
Nassarius floridensis was named by Olsson and Harbison (1953). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nassarius albus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1799	Buccinum (Nassa) antillarum Pulteney
1826	Nassarius albus Say
1847	Buccinum (Nassa) antillarum d'Orbigny pp. 141-142 figs. pl. 23, figs. 1-3
1953	Nassarius floridensis Olsson and Harbison
2008	Nassarius antillarum Hendy et al.

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	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
species	antillarum	(d'Orbigny 1847)

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 antillarum d'Orbigny 1847

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Invalid names: Nassarius albus Say 1826 [replaced]

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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (28 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Venezuela	Nassarius antillarum (92751)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Trinidad and Tobago	Nassarius albus (60414 60415 60416 60417)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)	2.588 - 0.781	USA (North Carolina)	Nassarius albus (211029 211181 211182 211183)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	USA (North Carolina)	Nassarius albus (60986 60987 60988 60989)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	USA (Florida)	Nassarius albus (61309) Nassarius floridensis (41501 79331 80357)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	USA (Florida)	Nassarius floridensis (41705)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (Florida)	Nassarius albus (61310)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Bermuda	Nassarius albus (67947 67961 67966)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Cayman Islands	Nassarius albus (80835 80837 80853)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Florida)	Nassarius albus (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Jamaica	Nassarius albus (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Bermuda	Nassarius albus (67948)