Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative spellings: Phos (Tritiaria), Ptychosalpinx (Tritiaria), Tritiaria
Parent taxon: Nassarius according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Dockery 1977, Gardner 1947, Harris and Palmer 1947, MacNeil 1960, Marks 1951, Martin 1904, Olsson 1931, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Nassaria cornelliana, Nassarius (Alectrion), Nassarius (Arcularia), Nassarius (Caesia), Nassarius (Catilon), Nassarius (Demondia), Nassarius (Hima), Nassarius (Hinia), Nassarius (Mirua), Nassarius (Nanarius), Nassarius (Nassarius), Nassarius (Niotha), Nassarius (Plicarcularia), Nassarius (Schizopyga), Nassarius (Tritonella), Nassarius (Uzita), Nassarius (Zeuxis), Nassarius albescens, Nassarius antillarum, Nassarius bellulus, Nassarius burchardi, Nassarius cabrierensis, Nassarius chowanensis, Nassarius coronatus, Nassarius crematus, Nassarius dorsatus, Nassarius gayi, Nassarius gigantulus, Nassarius glans, Nassarius granulatus, Nassarius hylus, Nassarius incrassatus, Nassarius janschloegli, Nassarius karinae, Nassarius kochianus, Nassarius luridus, Nassarius nodicinctus, Nassarius pagodus, Nassarius papillosus, Nassarius pauperus, Nassarius persicus, Nassarius prysmaticus, Nassarius pullus, Nassarius pygmaeus, Nassarius reductus, Nassarius repititi, Nassarius salina, Nassarius schizopyga, Nassarius scopularcus, Nassarius sopora, Nassarius splendidulus, Nassarius taeniolatus, Nassarius thielei, Nassarius trinitatensis, Nassarius trivittatoides, Nassarius vibex
Subtaxa: Nassarius (Tritiaria) peralta Tritiaria chira Tritiaria ecuadoriana Tritiaria hilli Tritiaria jacksonensis Tritiaria magnooostatus Tritiaria terebratula Tritiaria vicksburgensis Tritiaria waynensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Peru (1), United States (20: Maryland, Virginia)
• Oligocene of United States (37: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), Mexico (1), Panama (3), Peru (3), United States (23: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of Mexico (1), United States (6: Texas)
Total: 100 collections including 103 occurrences