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Caesia delosi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Nassa delosi was named by Woodring (1946). Its type specimen is USNM 498653 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nassarius delosi by Emerson and Addicott (1953); it was recombined as Nassarius (Caesia) delosi by Addicott (1965); it was recombined as Caesia delosi by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. arnoldi, C. californianus, C. fossata, C. mednica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Nassa delosi Woodring p. 74 figs. pl. 35, figs. 12-15
1953Nassarius delosi Emerson and Addicott p. 439
1965Nassarius (Caesia) delosi Addicott p. B10 figs. Plate 1, figures 23-25, 28-30
2021Caesia delosi Hendy

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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
genusCaesiaDuméril 1806
speciesdelosi(Woodring 1946)

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.

†Caesia delosi Woodring 1946
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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: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Nassarius delosi (67613 67641 67643 67644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa delosi (96566 222970 240644 240646 240647 240661) Nassarius delosi (160361 219029 219030 240635)