Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative combinations: Nassa californiana, Nassarius (Demondia) californianus, Nassarius (Schizopyga) californiana, 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, Hendy 2020 and Willett 1937
Sister taxa: Caesia cerritensis, Caesia delosi, Caesia fossatus, Caesia moraniana, Caesia perpinguis, Caesia rhinetes, Nassarius (Caesia) coalingensis, Nassarius (Caesia) grammatus, Nassarius (Caesia) whitneyi
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (23: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (20: California)
• Miocene of United States (7: California)
Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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