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Nassarius (Alectrion)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Alectrion Montfort
1925Alectrion Mansfield p. 46
1935Nassarius (Alectrion) Oostingh p. 71
1960Alectrion MacNeil p. 78
1982Nassarius (Alectrion) Ladd p. 50
2002Alectrion Sepkoski
2006Nassarius (Alectrion) Rosenberg et al.
2007Nassa (Alectrion) Hendy p. 101

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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
subgenusAlectrion(Montfort 1810)

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 (Alectrion) Montfort 1810
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Alectrion jacksonensis Cooke 1926
Alectrion losquemadica Maury 1917
Alectrion merenda Olsson 1922
Alectrion ranuncula Olsson 1922
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 Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Florida) Alectrion sp. (60968)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Mississippi) Alectrion sp. (205805)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Alectrion ethelinda (60985 61051) Alectrion harisi (61072)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Alectrion pirabica, Alectrion praetriviata (65162) Alectrion praetrivittata, Alectrion priraboca (60979)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Nassarius ovum (72084 76573 76574)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago Alectrion brassiensis (74920 74921)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Alectrion siquijorensis, Alectrion ovum (42311)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Alectrion gurabaensis, Alectrion losquemadica (58821)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Philippines (Tayabas) Alectrion coronatus, Alectrion sinusigera, Alectrion crenulatus (41524) Alectrion euglyptus, Alectrion verbeeki, Alectrion sordida (41525) Alectrion gaudiosus, Alectrion crenulatus (41529) Alectrion sinusigera, Alectrion dispar, Alectrion crenulatus, Alectrion canaliculatus (41523)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Alectrion losquemadica (134667) Alectrion losquemadica, Alectrion ranuncula (134656) Alectrion merenda (134673)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Nassarius ovoideus (84522) Nassarius pseudomundus (84518 84521 84529) Nassarius pseudomundus, Nassarius ovum (84519) Nassarius pseudomundus, Nassarius vanesi, Nassarius ovum (84520 84533)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Alectrion consensa (59491) Alectrion cornelliana, Alectrion floridana, Alectrion quadridentata, Alectrion consensa (59484) Alectrion floridana, Alectrion quadridentata, Alectrion consensa (59485) Nassarius correlliana (80037)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Alectrion ranuncula (134664)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Djibouti Nassa crenulata (96787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu Nassa monile (77907)