Caesia californiana Conrad 1856

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Alternative combinations: Nassa californiana, Nassarius (Demondia) californianus, Nassarius californianus, Schizopyga californiana, Schizopyga californica

Synonym: Nassa waldorfensis Arnold 1908

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1856. Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species Middle Tertiary fossils from California, and one from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:301-327

Belongs to Caesia according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Addicott 1965, Arnold 1908, Conrad 1856 and Hendy 2020

Sister taxa: Caesia cerritensis, Caesia delosi, Caesia fossatus, Caesia moraniana, Caesia perpinguis, Caesia rhinetes, Nassarius (Caesia) coalingensis, Nassarius (Caesia) grammatus, Nassarius (Caesia) whitneyi

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (22: California collections)

• Pliocene of United States (20: California)

• Miocene of United States (7: California)

Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence

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