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Caesia californiana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Schizopyga californiana was named by Conrad (1856) [TYPE LOCALITY: California; Merced Fm (L. Pliocene).].

It was corrected as Schizopyga californica by Tryon (1882); it was recombined as Nassa californiana by Arnold (1909); it was recombined as Nassarius californianus by Hanna and Hertlein (1932); it was recombined as Nassarius (Schizopyga) californiana by Willett (1937); it was recombined as Nassarius (Demondia) californianus by Addicott (1965); it was recombined as Caesia californiana by Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Schizopyga californiana Conrad p. 315
1882Schizopyga californica Tryon p. 55
1908Nassa waldorfensis Arnold p. 434 figs. pl. 54, fig. 17
1909Nassa californiana Arnold pp. 88-89
1932Nassarius californianus Hanna and Hertlein p. 176
1937Nassarius (Schizopyga) californiana Willett p. 396
1940Nassa waldorfensis Stewart
1950Nassa waldorfensis Woodring and Bramlette
1965Nassarius (Demondia) californianus Addicott pp. B3 - B5 figs. Plate 1, figures 1-10, 31
2021Caesia californiana Hendy

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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
genusCaesiaDuméril 1806
speciescaliforniana()

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.

†Caesia californiana Conrad 1856
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Invalid names: Nassa waldorfensis Arnold 1908 [synonym]
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 Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Nassarius californianus (194805)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Nassarius californianus (194802 194806 194888 194891 194895 195034)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Nassa californiana (216913 220195)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Nassa californiana (194664 215294 216433 216568 216864 216865 216901 216912)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Nassarius californianus (96571 96572 96573 96574 96575)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Nassa waldorfensis (189541 189542 189546 189547 189549)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Nassa waldorfensis (189561 189762 207642 207661 207662 207663 207666 207667 207668 207669 207671 207672 207673 207674 207675)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Nassa californiana (222663 222665)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa californiana (222647)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa californiana (222659 222660 222661) Nassarius californianus (59063 96895)