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Ilyanassa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Ilyanassa was named by Stimpson (1865). It is extant.

It was reranked as Nassarius (Ilyanassa) by Abbott (1954).

It was assigned to Nassidae by Martin (1904); to Buccinidae by Clark (1906); to Nassarius by Abbott (1954); and to Nassariidae by Gardner (1943), Gardner (1948), Olsson (1967) and Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ilyanassa Stimpson p. 61
1904Ilyanassa Martin p. 189
1906Ilyanassa Clark p. 181
1943Ilyanassa Gardner p. 243
1948Ilyanassa Gardner p. 243
1954Nassarius (Ilyanassa) Abbott p. 240
1967Ilyanassa Olsson p. 32
2005Ilyanassa Rosenberg

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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)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
genusIlyanassaStimpson 1865

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. Ilyanassa Stimpson 1865
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†Ilyanassa arata Say 1824
†Ilyanassa corbis Olsson 1967
†Ilyanassa granifera Conrad 1868
†Ilyanassa harpuloides Conrad 1844
†Ilyanassa irrorata Conrad 1863
†Ilyanassa isogramma Dall 1892
†Ilyanassa johnsoni Dall 1892
†Ilyanassa marthae Olsson 1967
†Ilyanassa scalaspira Conrad 1868
†Ilyanassa schizopyga Dall 1892
†Ilyanassa sexdentata Conrad 1843
†Ilyanassa wilmingtonensis Gardner 1943
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
Comments: DIMENSIONS & MORPHOLOGY: Based on ten randomly selected figured species.g
Created: 2009-03-16 10:09:33
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:43:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) I. granifera (59330) I. sexdentata (59329)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Paranassa arata (96535)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) I. granifera (59327) I. irrorata, I. isogramma, I. sexdentata, I. granifera, I. schizopyga, I. johnsoni, I. scalaspira (59309) I. schizopyga, I. johnsoni, I. scalaspira (59310) I. sexdentata, I. granifera, I. johnsoni, I. scalaspira, I. harpuloides, I. arata (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) I. granifera (78265 78267 78270) I. procina (78266) I. sp. (80036)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) I. floridana, I. corbis (79764) I. floridana, I. marthae (79765) I. marthae (79875) Paranassa arata, I. scalaspira (79960)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) I. palmbeachensis, I. wilmingtonensis, I. granifera (79804)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) I. porcina, I. granifera (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) I. irrorata (92408)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) I. sp. (35025)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) I. irrorata (59317) I. isogramma, I. sexdentata, I. schizopyga, I. johnsoni, I. scalaspira (59316) I. schizapyga (80035) I. sexdentata (80034) I. sp. (79339) I. sp., I. harpwoides, I. irrorota, I. scalaspira (80033) I. wilmingtonensis, I. isogramma, I. sexdentata, I. scalaspira (59318)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) I. obsoleta (80083)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New York) Nassarius obsoletus, Nassarius trivittatus (66377 66381) Nassarius trivittatus (66379 66380)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Nassarius obsoletus, Nassarius trivittatus (7109) Nassarius trivittatus (7108)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Nassarius obsoletus, Nassarius trivittatus (66601 66603 66611 66612 66614 66616 66617 66618 66621 66622)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) I. irrorata, I. isogramma, I. sexdentata, I. schizopyga, I. johnsoni, I. scalaspira (59313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) Nassarius obsoletus (66701 66702) Nassarius obsoletus, Nassarius trivittatus (66703)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Nassarius obsoletus (66707) Nassarius obsoletus, Nassarius trivittatus (66706 66720) Nassarius trivittatus (66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) I. obsoleta, I. trivittata (69048) I. trivittata (69049) Nassarius obsoletus, Nassarius trivittatus (57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) I. granifera (69045) I. trivitta (69047) Nassarius obsoletus, Nassarius trivittatus (66742 66744 66750 66752 66754) Nassarius trivittatus (66746 66747 66748 66749 66751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Nassarius trivittatus (81751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) I. sp. (79956) Nassarius obsoletus (66755 66756 66758) Nassarius obsoletus, Nassarius trivittatus (66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) I. obsoleta, Nassa trivittata (61267 61268 61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) I. obsoleta, Nassarius trivittatus (61270)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) Nassarius trivittatus (66630)