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Nassarius (Caesia) whitneyi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy

Nassa whitneyi was named by Trask (1922). Its type specimen is UCMP 12387 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nassarius (Caesia) whitneyi by Addicott (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. analogicus, N. coppii, N. diversus, N. gaiae, N. holsaticus, N. iberoclathratus, N. inaequalis, N. italicus, N. kikaizimanus, N. leucops, N. macrodon, N. megastoma, N. mucronatus, N. nuttalli, N. picta, N. plioholsaticus, N. semistriatus, N. syltensis, N. wienrichi, N. karoroensis, N. urupicus, N. karaganicus, N. bimaculatus, N. kiiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1922	Nassa whitneyi Trask p. 154 figs. Plate 7, figures 3 and 6
1965	Nassarius (Caesia) whitneyi Addicott p. B9 figs. Plate 2, figures 19-25, 27

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Nassariidae	Iredale 1916
subfamily	Nassariinae	Iredale 1916
genus	Nassarius	Duméril 1806
subgenus	Caesia	(Adams and Adams 1853)
species	whitneyi	()

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.

†Nassarius (Caesia) whitneyi Trask 1922

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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: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	USA (California)	Nassarius whitneyi (97241)