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Caesia moraniana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Nassa moraniana was named by Martin (1914) [TYPE LOCALITY: Bolinas Bay, California; Merced Fm (Late Pliocene).]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1549, Bolinas Bay, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Alectrion moranianus by Carson (1925); it was recombined as Nassarius (Schizopyga) moranianus by Grant and Gale (1931) and Grant and Gale (1959); it was recombined as Nassarius moranianus by Hertlein (1951); it was recombined as Nassarius (Caesia) moranianus by Addicott (1965); it was recombined as Caesia moraniana by Hendy (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Nassa moraniana Martin pp. 183-184 figs. pl. 22, figs. 1a-c
1925Alectrion moranianus Carson p. 31
1931Nassarius (Schizopyga) moranianus Grant and Gale
1950Nassa moraniana Woodring and Bramlette
1951Nassarius moranianus Hertlein p. 191
1959Nassarius (Schizopyga) moranianus Grant and Gale p. 180
1965Nassarius (Caesia) moranianus Addicott p. B8 figs. Plate 2, figures 3, 4, 9-11, 29
2020Caesia moraniana 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
speciesmoraniana()

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 moraniana Martin 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available