Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative combinations: Alectrion (Schizopyga) californiana, Alectrion californiana, Nassa californiana, Nassarius (Demondia) californianus, Nassarius (Schizopyga) californiana, Nassarius (Schizopyga) californianus, Nassarius californianus, Schizopyga californiana, Schizopyga californica
Synonyms: Nassa waldorfensis Arnold 1908, Nassarius (Schizopyga) 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, Dall 1921, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, 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 low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (24: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (28: California)
• Miocene of United States (9: California)
Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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