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Nassarius vibex

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Nassa vibex was named by Say (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Nassarius vibex by Richards (1962) and Massemin et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Nassa vibex Say p. 231
1962Nassarius vibex Richards
2009Nassarius vibex Massemin et al. p. 159

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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
speciesvibex(Say 1822)

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.

Nassarius vibex Say 1822
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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: 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 Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Nassarius vibex (60409 60650)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Nassarius vibex (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Carabobo) Nassarius vibex (41540)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Nassarius vibex (41501 41718 61309 69029 79331 79786 79787 79788 79789 80002)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Nassa vibex (80304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) Nassarius vibex (66703)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Nassarius vibex (66601 66611 66612 66614 66616 66617 66618 66621 66622)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela Nassarius vibex (131267)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Nassarius vibex (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Nassarius vibex (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Nassarius vibex (61270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Nassarius vibex (41740 61311 69034 69038 80001 80027 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Nassarius vibex (66755 66756)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela Nassarius vibex (66753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Nassarius vibex (66706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Nassarius vibex (66742)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Nassarius vibex (41934 41935 41936 41940 92773 92774 92775 92776)