Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Alternative combinations: Nassa whitneyi, Nassarius (Uzita) arnoldi whitneyi

Full reference: P. D. Trask. 1922. The Briones Formation of Middle California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 13(5):133-174

Belongs to Nassarius (Caesia) according to W. O. Addicott 1965

See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Trask 1922

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

Type specimen: UCMP 12387

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at U.C.L.A. Loc. 5786, Elsmere Canyon [Towsley Fm] (Pliocene of California)

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