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Ilyanassa granifera

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Ptychosalpinx (Paranassa) granifera was named by Conrad (1868) [DISTRIBUTION: Early-Late Pliocene; Virginia-Florida.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nassarius granifera by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); it was recombined as Ilyanassa granifera by Conrad (1892), Gardner (1943) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. porcina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Ptychosalpinx (Paranassa) granifera Conrad p. 263 figs. Plate 19, Fig. 6
1892Ilyanassa granifera Conrad p. 239
1943Ilyanassa granifera Gardner p. 246
1987Nassarius granifera Ward and Blackwelder p. 176 figs. Plate 40, Fig. 15
2008Ilyanassa granifera Hendy et al.

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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
genusIlyanassaStimpson 1865
speciesgranifera(Conrad 1868)

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.

†Ilyanassa granifera Conrad 1868
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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: 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
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, Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Ilyanassa granifera (59330)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Ilyanassa granifera (59307 59309 59327)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Ilyanassa granifera (78265 78267 78270)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Ilyanassa granifera (79804)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Ilyanassa granifera (71138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Ilyanassa granifera (69045)