Caesia moraniana Martin 1914 (snail)

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

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