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Nassarius (Nassarius)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Nassarius (Nassarius) Duméril
1928Nassarius (Nassarius) Woodring p. 264

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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
genusNassariusDuméril 1806
subgenusNassariusDuméril 1806

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.

Subg. Nassarius (Nassarius) Duméril 1806
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Nassarius (Nassarius) globosa Quoy and Gaimard 1834
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: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Nassarius sp. (74962)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Nassarius sp. (74958 74959)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Nassarius sp. (136104 136122)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Nassarius mcmakini (41764)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Nassarius sp. (74967 75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Nassarius repetiti (41801)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Nassarius sp. (135832)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Nassarius sp. (74968 80084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Nassarius consensus (131217)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Nassarius sp. (69090)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Nassarius consensus (41501)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Philippines (Panay) Nassarius arcularius (41651)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Alectrion consena (75422)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Nassa arcularia (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Nassa arcularia (101415 101417)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Nassarius acutus (66622)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Nassa arcularia (122946)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Nassarius arcularia (55376)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Nassarius acutus (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Nassarius acutus (66742 66747 66748 66750 66751 66752 66754 69047) Nassarius sp. (69045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Nassarius versicolor (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Nassa arcularia (96791)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Nassa acuta (34269) Nassarius acutus (61311 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Nassarius acutus (66724)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Nassarius acutus (66756 66758 66760 79706)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu Nassa arcularia, Nassa globosa (77907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) Nassarius acutus (92522 92523 92524 92525)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Nassarius acutus (41934 41935 41936 41940 41942 92772 92773 92774 92775 92776)