Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative spelling: Nassarius (Ilyanassa)
Parent taxon: Nassariidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Clark 1906, Gardner 1943, Gardner 1948, Martin 1904, Olsson 1967 and Spencer and Campbell 1987
Sister taxa: Amyclina, Bathynassa, Bullia, Bulliinae, Bulliopsis, Colwellia, Cyllene, Cylleninae, Dorsaninae, Engoniophos, Leptarius, Molopophorus, Nassaria, Nassariinae, Pallacera, Phrontis, Profundinassa, Pseudostrombus, Psilarius, Sudonassarius, Tritia
Subtaxa: Ilyanassa (Paranassa) Ilyanassa arata Ilyanassa corbis Ilyanassa granifera Ilyanassa harpuloides Ilyanassa irrorata Ilyanassa isogramma Ilyanassa johnsoni Ilyanassa marthae Ilyanassa obsoleta Ilyanassa scalaspira Ilyanassa schizopyga Ilyanassa sexdentata Ilyanassa trivittata Ilyanassa wilmingtonensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (63: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (16: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 80 collections including 141 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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