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Nassarius (Hima)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Hima Leach
1925Nassa (Hima) Vredenburg p. 212
1936Reticunassa Iredale
1990Nassarius (Hima) Beu et al. p. 413
2002Hima Sepkoski

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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
subgenusHima(Leach 1852)

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 (Hima) Leach 1852
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Hima cooperi Forbes 1852
Hima insculpta Carpenter 1864
Hima mendica Gould 1849
Nassa (Hima) vicaryi d'Archiac 1850
Invalid names: Reticunassa Iredale 1936 [invalid subgroup]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 19.0 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Nassa vicaryi (77164)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand Hima soicalis (67827)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) Hima separabilis (84915)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97New Zealand Hima sp. (146597)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) Reticunassa sp. (176560)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Hima socialis (67896 67897 67898 67899 67900)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Nassa tatei (72210)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Nassarius karoroensis (63089 63090)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Nassarius tringa (41473)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Reticunassa acutidentata (97111)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Hima mendica (214259 214267)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Nassarius insculptus, Nassarius mendicus (200398 200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Nassa mendica, Nassa cooperi, Nassa insculpta (186031)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Hima mendica (214255)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Nassa mendica (207724) Nassa mendica, Nassa cooperi (189765 189766 189767 189768 189769)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Nassa mendica (223033) Nassarius mendicus (202495)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa cooperi (201624)
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, Alectrion cooperi (138723 222995 222998) Nassa cooperi, Nassa insculpta (203114) Nassa cooperi, Nassa mendicus (223327) Nassa insculpta (202968) Nassa mendica (207886 222663 222664 222665 222666 223039) Nassa mendica, Nassa cooperi (203095 203108 223329 223525) Nassarius cooperi (202632) Nassarius cooperi, Nassarius mendicus (202634 202636) Nassarius insculptus, Nassarius cooperi (203113) Nassarius mendicus (71053 96894 202637 202639 202648)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa mendica (222646 223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alectrion cooperi, Alectrion mendica (202936) Nassa mendica (96566 222659 222661 222662 222674 223048 223067 223074) Nassa mendica, Nassa insculpta (222660) Nassarius insculptus, Nassarius mendicus (59063) Nassarius mendicus (37672 37673 37674 96895 96901 160361 202490 202491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Nassarius mendicus (52347 67613 67641 67642 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Reticunassa japonica (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Nassa mendica (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Nassa voluptabilis (96787)