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Nassarius (Catilon) iniquus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy

Nassa miser iniqua was named by Stewart (1940). Its type specimen is USNM 495836 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nassarius (Catilon) iniquus by Addicott (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. analogicus, N. coppii, N. diversus, N. gaiae, N. holsaticus, N. iberoclathratus, N. inaequalis, N. italicus, N. kikaizimanus, N. leucops, N. macrodon, N. megastoma, N. mucronatus, N. nuttalli, N. picta, N. plioholsaticus, N. semistriatus, N. syltensis, N. wienrichi, N. karoroensis, N. urupicus, N. karaganicus, N. bimaculatus, N. kiiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1940	Nassa miser iniqua Stewart p. 87 figs. pl. 34, fig. 8
1965	Nassarius (Catilon) iniquus Addicott p. B16 figs. Plate 3, figure 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Nassariidae	Iredale 1916
subfamily	Nassariinae	Iredale 1916
genus	Nassarius	Duméril 1806
subgenus	Catilon
species	iniquus	(Stewart 1940)

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 (Catilon) iniquus Stewart 1940

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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 Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.62000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian	11.62 - 5.333	USA (California)	Nassarius iniquus (97234)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	USA (California)	Nassarius iniquus (97208 97230 97231 97233 97241 97242 97401)