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Nassarius (Caesia)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Caesia was named by Adams and Adams (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Nassarius (Caesia) by Addicott (1965).

It was assigned to Nassarius by Addicott (1965); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Caesia arnoldi, Caesia californianus, Caesia fossata, Caesia mednica, Nassarius acteon, Nassarius acutidentatus, Nassarius albinus, Nassarius aldrovandii, Nassarius ambiguus, Nassarius analogicus, Nassarius angulatus, Nassarius antiquus, Nassarius aquitanicus, Nassarius arcularis, Nassarius arcularius, Nassarius argentea, Nassarius argenteus, Nassarius asperatus, Nassarius asperulus, Nassarius auingeri, Nassarius badensis, Nassarius badius, Nassarius banaticus, Nassarius basteroti, Nassarius bidentata, Nassarius bidentatus, Nassarius bidentatus, Nassarius bimaculatus, Nassarius bocholtensis, Nassarius bollenensis, Nassarius bonellii, Nassarius bowerbanki, Nassarius brunneostoma, Nassarius bugellensis, Nassarius caelatus, Nassarius caelatus, Nassarius caelatus, Nassarius caelatus, Nassarius caelatus, Nassarius caelolineatus, Nassarius caloosaensis, Nassarius capensis, Nassarius castus, Nassarius catulli, Nassarius catulloi, Nassarius cavatus, Nassarius cercadicus, Nassarius chiereghinii, Nassarius cimbricus, Nassarius circumcinctus, Nassarius clathratus, Nassarius clathratus, Nassarius clathurellus, Nassarius cocconii, Nassarius collegni, Nassarius colpophorus, Nassarius companyoi, Nassarius comptus, Nassarius connectens, Nassarius coppii, Nassarius coppingeri, Nassarius cornelliana, Nassarius corniculus, Nassarius coronatus, Nassarius correlliana, Nassarius corrugatus, Nassarius crassiusculus, Nassarius crebicostulatus, Nassarius curvicostatus, Nassarius cuvierii, Nassarius dasus, Nassarius delislei, Nassarius dentifer, Nassarius depromptus, Nassarius dertonensis, Nassarius diversus, Nassarius dollfusi, Nassarius dystaktus, Nassarius echinata, Nassarius edwardsii, Nassarius elabratus, Nassarius elatus, Nassarius elegantissimus, Nassarius eniwetokensis, Nassarius exiguus, Nassarius exilis, Nassarius facki, Nassarius familiaris, Nassarius fargoi, Nassarius festivus, Nassarius festivus, Nassarius fijiensis, Nassarius floridana, Nassarius francoindicus, Nassarius fulleri, Nassarius gaiae, Nassarius galbanus, Nassarius gemmulosus, Nassarius gibbosulus, Nassarius girondicus, Nassarius globosus, Nassarius globosus, Nassarius graniferus, Nassarius gurabensis, Nassarius hochstetteri, Nassarius holsaticus, Nassarius honoensis, Nassarius iberoclathratus, Nassarius ickei, Nassarius illovensis, Nassarius inaequalis, Nassarius incertus, Nassarius incrassatu, Nassarius intercisus, Nassarius iodes, Nassarius italicus, Nassarius kachhensis, Nassarius karaganicus, Nassarius karoroensis, Nassarius karreri, Nassarius kiiensis, Nassarius kikaizimanus, Nassarius kometubus, Nassarius kostejanus, Nassarius kraussianus, Nassarius labiosus, Nassarius lamellilabrus, Nassarius latecostata, Nassarius leptospirus, Nassarius leucops, Nassarius liguisticus, Nassarius limatus, Nassarius litorafontis, Nassarius livescence, Nassarius livescens, Nassarius livescens, Nassarius locklini, Nassarius locklini, Nassarius macrodon, Nassarius maderensis, Nassarius mangkalihatensis, Nassarius margaritiferus, Nassarius marshallensis, Nassarius marylandica, Nassarius mastus, Nassarius mayeri, Nassarius mcmakini, Nassarius medicus, Nassarius megastoma, Nassarius mendicus, Nassarius mendicus, Nassarius mendicus, Nassarius micans, Nassarius migra, Nassarius minoensis, Nassarius minoensis, Nassarius mucronatus, Nassarius musivus, Nassarius mutabilis, Nassarius nakamurai, Nassarius nannus, Nassarius nitidus, Nassarius nodiferus, Nassarius notterbecki, Nassarius nuttalli, Nassarius oblongus, Nassarius obvelatus, Nassarius occidentalis, Nassarius ovus, Nassarius pacis, Nassarius parapristuis, Nassarius parapristus, Nassarius pauperatus, Nassarius pedanus, Nassarius perpingus, Nassarius perpulchrus, Nassarius pertenuis, Nassarius pfeifferi, Nassarius picta, Nassarius pictus, Nassarius pinnatus, Nassarius planicosta, Nassarius planicostata, Nassarius planicostatus, Nassarius plioholsaticus, Nassarius pliomagnus, Nassarius polygonatus, Nassarius praemabiguus, Nassarius praembiguus, Nassarius prefestivus, Nassarius productus, Nassarius pseudoserratus, Nassarius pyrenaicus, Nassarius pyrrhus, Nassarius quadrulatus, Nassarius rasta, Nassarius repetiti, Nassarius repetiti, Nassarius reticulata, Nassarius reticulatus, Nassarius ronaldjansseni, Nassarius rufulus, Nassarius scaldensis, Nassarius schepmani, Nassarius schoederi, Nassarius schoenni, Nassarius schonni, Nassarius schroeckingeri, Nassarius schroederi, Nassarius semirugosus, Nassarius semistriatus, Nassarius sequijocensis, Nassarius serraticosta, Nassarius serrulus, Nassarius simizui, Nassarius sinusigerus, Nassarius soldanii, Nassarius sondeianus, Nassarius speciosus, Nassarius spopora, Nassarius striatulus, Nassarius strobelianus, Nassarius subbalteatus, Nassarius subcaudatus, Nassarius subesulcatus, Nassarius sublaevigatus, Nassarius subquadrangularis, Nassarius subtesselatus, Nassarius sulcatus, Nassarius syltensis, Nassarius tehuantepecensis, Nassarius tenuistriatus, Nassarius tessellatus, Nassarius thersites, Nassarius tiarula, Nassarius tjornesensis, Nassarius tonsura, Nassarius trifasciata, Nassarius tringa, Nassarius tritoniformis, Nassarius trivitattoides, Nassarius trivitattoides, Nassarius turbinellus, Nassarius turgens, Nassarius turritus, Nassarius twistringensis, Nassarius urupicus, Nassarius viabex, Nassarius vitiensis, Nassarius voorthuyseni, Nassarius wienrichi, Nassarius woodwardi, Nassarius zeta

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Caesia Adams and Adams
1965Nassarius (Caesia) Addicott p. B5
2002Caesia Sepkoski
2002Zaphon Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
subfamilyNassariinaeIredale 1916
genusNassariusDuméril 1806
subgenusCaesia(Adams and Adams 1853)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Nassarius (Caesia) Adams and Adams 1853
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Caesia californiana Conrad 1856
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Invalid names: Nassa waldorfensis Arnold 1908 [synonym]
Caesia cerritensis Arnold 1903
Caesia delosi Woodring 1946
Caesia fossatus Gould 1849 [channeled basket snail]
Caesia moraniana Martin 1914
Caesia perpinguis Hinds 1844 [fat nassa]
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Invalid names: Nassa interstriata Conrad 1855 [synonym]
Caesia rhinetes Berry 1953
Nassa fossatus coilotera Woodring 1946
Invalid names: Zaphon [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 09:57:48
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:07:33
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (256 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Nassarius californianus (194805) Nassarius grammatus (195039 195078 195079 195300)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Nassa californiana (216865 216901)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (California) Nassa moraniana (238417)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.63 - 2.58USA (California) Nassa moraniana (238420)
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.63 - 2.58USA (California) Caesia grammatus (188305)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Nassarius californianus (194806 194888 194891 194895 195034) Nassarius californianus, Nassarius coalingensis (194802) Nassarius grammatus (195029 195035 195037)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Caesia arnoldi (71146 71149)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Nassa californiana (216913 220195) Nassa waldorfensis (208580) Nassarius whitneyi (97241)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Nassarius grammatus (153705)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California Sur) Nassa perpinguis (43687)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Alectrion moranianus (204366) Alectrion perpinguis, Alectrion fossatus, Alectrion moranianus (204364) Nassa californiana (194664 215294 216433 216568 216864 216912) Nassa moraniana (220029) Nassarius fossatus (96885 96887) Nassarius grammatus (194689)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Caesia californianus (214256 214257 214258 214259 214260 214261 214262 214266 214267 214269) Caesia grammatus (214268)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Nassa coalingensis (19677 19678)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Nassa moraniana (238418 238421 238435 238436 238437 238453 238455 238460 238605 238606 238607 238609 238610 238611 238612) Nassarius californianus (238619 238622 238623 239463 239465 239469 239470 239576 239580) Nassarius californianus, Nassarius grammatus (96571 96572 96573 96574 96575) Nassarius moranianus, Nassarius perpinguis (200398) Nassarius perpinguis (200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Nassa perpinguis (186031) Nassa waldorfensis (189541 189542 189546 189547 189549)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) Caesia californianus (214255)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Nassarius perpinguis (237590 237594)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Washington) Caesia mednica (71109)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Caesia californianus (214277 214281 214285 214286 214287) Nassa moraniana (189760 189761 189765 189767 189768 207643 207645 207646 207647 207651 207653 207656 207657 207659 207665 207670 207676 207677 207686 207687 207690 207692 207693 207694 207695 207697 207698 207699 207700 207701 207708 207709 207712 207713 207714 207716 207718 207721 207723 207727 207728) Nassa moraniana, Nassa fossata (189766) Nassa waldorfensis (207661 207663) Nassa waldorfensis, Nassa moraniana (189561 189762 207642 207662 207666 207667 207668 207669 207671 207672 207673 207674 207675)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis (231899) Nassa perpinguis (38042 83787 168757)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Caesia fossata, Caesia perpinguis (71142)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Nassa fossata (96590 96592) Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis (96593 96594)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Alectrion fossatus (240568 240572) Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis (201624) Nassarius californianus, Nassarius fossatus, Nassarius perpinguis (237610) Nassarius perpinguis (237604)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Nassarius perpinguis (37938 37944)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Alectrion perpinguis (222993) Alectrion perpinguis, Alectrion fossatus (138723 222995 222998) Nassa californiana, Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis (222663 222665) Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis (203114 222664) Nassa perpinguis (203095 203108 207886 222666 223327 223525) Nassa perpinguis, Nassa fossatus (223329) Nassarius fossatus (202494) Nassarius fossatus, Nassarius perpinguis (71053 203113) Nassarius perpinguis (96894 202634 202636 202637 202644 202648)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa californiana (222647) Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis (222646) Nassa perpinguis, Nassa fossatus (223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alectrion perpinguis, Alectrion fossata (202936) Alectrion perpinguis, Alectrion fossatus (240554 240580) Alectrion perpinguis, Nassarius fossatus (240555) Nassa californiana, Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis (222659) Nassa californiana, Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis, Nassa cerritensis (222660 222661) Nassa delosi (222970) Nassa fossata (203417 240645 240649 240650 240651 240652 240653) Nassa fossata, Nassa delosi (240647 240661) Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis (222674 240643 240648) Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis, Nassa cerritensis (222662) Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis, Nassa cerritensis, Nassa delosi (96566) Nassa fossata, Nassa perpinguis, Nassa delosi (240644 240646) Nassa intastriata (222650) Nassa perpinguis (38043) Nassarius californianus, Nassarius fossatus, Nassarius perpinguis, Nassarius cerritensis (96895) Nassarius cerritensis (96930) Nassarius fossatus (37672 37673 240588 240589 240590 240626) Nassarius fossatus, Nassarius perpinguis (226458 240604 240609 240612 240613 240615 240620 240636) Nassarius fossatus, Nassarius perpinguis, Nassarius cerritensis, Nassarius delosi (160361 219029 219030) Nassarius fossatus, Nassarius perpinguis, Nassarius delosi (240635) Nassarius perpinguis (96937 240614 240617) Nassarius perpinguis, Nassarius cerritensis (96936) Nassarius perpinguis, Nassarius cerritensis, Nassarius californianus, Nassarius fossatus (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Nassarius fossatus (52347 67642) Nassarius fossatus, Nassarius delosi (67613 67641 67643 67644)