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Caesia cerritensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Nassa cerritensis was named by Arnold (1903).

It was recombined as Alectrion cerritensis by Dall (1917); it was recombined as Schizopyga cerritensis by Dall (1921); it was recombined as Alectrion (Schizopyga) cerritensis by Oldroyd (1927); it was recombined as Nassarius (Schizopyga) cerritensis by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Willett (1937); it was recombined as Caesia cerritensis by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Nassa cerritensis Arnold pp. 231 - 232 figs. Pl.\te IV, Fig. 1
1917Alectrion cerritensis Dall p. 576
1921Schizopyga cerritensis Dall p. 102
1927Alectrion (Schizopyga) cerritensis Oldroyd p. 266
1931Nassarius (Schizopyga) cerritensis Grant, IV and Gale p. 675
1937Nassarius (Schizopyga) cerritensis Willett p. 396
2021Caesia cerritensis 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
speciescerritensis()

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 cerritensis Arnold 1903
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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 (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa cerritensis (96566 222660 222661 222662) Nassarius cerritensis (59063 96895 96930 96936 160361 219029 219030)