Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative combinations: Alectrion (Schizopyga) moranianus, Alectrion moranianus, Nassa moraniana, Nassarius (Caesia) moranianus, Nassarius (Schizopyga) moranianus, Nassarius moranianus
Full reference: B. Martin. 1914. Descriptions of new species of fossil Mollusca from the later marine Neocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(7):181-202
Belongs to Caesia according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Addicott 1965, Carson 1925, Carson 1926, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Martin 1914, Waterfall 1929 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Caesia californiana, Caesia cerritensis, Caesia delosi, Caesia fossatus, Caesia perpinguis, Caesia rhinetes, Nassarius (Caesia) coalingensis, Nassarius (Caesia) grammatus, Nassarius (Caesia) whitneyi
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (55: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (19: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 76 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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