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Hima mendica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Nassa mendica was named by Gould (1849). It is extant.

It was recombined as Alectrion mendicus by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Alectrion mendica by Jordan (1926); it was recombined as Nassarius (Schizopyga) mendicus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Nassarius mendicus by Clark (1931); it was recombined as Nassaria mendica by Dibblee (1966); it was recombined as Hima mendicus by Powell (2009); it was recombined as Hima mendica by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Nassa mendica Gould p. 155
1895Nassa mendica Ashley p. 343
1925Alectrion mendicus Oldroyd p. 12
1926Alectrion mendica Jordan p. 245
1931Nassarius mendicus Clark figs. table opp. p. 30;
1931Nassarius (Schizopyga) mendicus Grant, IV and Gale p. 674
1950Nassa mendica Woodring and Bramlette p. 48
1957Nassa mendica Valentine
1962Nassa mendicus Winterer and Durham figs. table 4
1966Nassaria mendica Dibblee p. 58
2009Hima mendicus Powell p. 13
2021Hima mendica Hendy

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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
genusHimaDuméril 1806
speciesmendica(Gould 1849)

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.

Hima mendica Gould 1849
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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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Hima mendica (214259 214267)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Nassarius mendicus (200398 200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Nassa mendica (186031)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Hima mendica (214255)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Nassa mendica (189765 189766 189767 189768 189769 207724)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Nassa mendica (168757 223033 231899) Nassarius mendicus (202495)
Pleistocene2.588 - 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 (138723 222995 222998) Nassa mendica (203095 203108 207886 222663 222664 222665 222666 223039 223329 223525) Nassa mendicus (223327) Nassarius mendicus (71053 96894 202634 202636 202637 202639 202648)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa mendica (222646 223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alectrion mendica (202936) Nassa mendica (96566 222659 222660 222661 222662 222674 223048 223067 223074) Nassarius mendicus (37672 37673 37674 59063 96895 96901 160361 202490 202491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Nassarius mendicus (52347 67613 67641 67642 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Nassa mendica (96591)