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Caesia fossatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Buccinum fossatum was named by Gould (1849). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nassa fossata by Ashley (1895), Woodring and Bramlette (1950) and Valentine and Meade (1961); it was recombined as Alectrion fossatus by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Alectrion fossata by Jordan (1926); it was recombined as Alectrion (Schizopyga) fossatus by Oldroyd (1927); it was recombined as Alectrion (Schizopyga) fossata by Waterfall (1929); it was recombined as Nassarius (Schizopyga) fossatus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Nassarius fossatus by DeLong (1941); it was recombined as Nassa fossatus by Valentine (1957); it was recombined as Caesia fossatus by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Buccinum fossatum Gould p. 152
1895Nassa fossata Ashley p. 343
1925Alectrion fossatus Oldroyd p. 11
1926Alectrion fossata Jordan p. 245
1927Alectrion (Schizopyga) fossatus Oldroyd p. 264 figs. Pl. 26, Figs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
1929Alectrion (Schizopyga) fossata Waterfall p. 78
1931Nassarius (Schizopyga) fossatus Grant, IV and Gale pp. 675 - 676 figs. Plate 26, Figures 55, 56
1941Nassarius fossatus DeLong p. 241
1950Nassa fossata Woodring and Bramlette p. 48
1957Nassa fossatus Valentine p. 298
1961Nassa fossata Valentine and Meade p. 19
2021Caesia fossatus 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
speciesfossatus(Gould 1849)

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 fossatus Gould 1849
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†Nassa fossatus coilotera 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: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Alectrion fossatus (204364) Nassarius fossatus (96885 96887)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Nassa fossata (189766)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Nassa fossata (231899)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa fossata (201624) Nassarius fossatus (237610)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Nassa fossata (96590 96592 96593 96594)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Alectrion fossatus (138723 222995 222998) Nassa fossata (203114 222663 222664 222665) Nassa fossatus (223329) Nassarius fossatus (71053 202494 203113)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa fossata (222646) Nassa fossatus (223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Nassarius fossatus (52347 67613 67641 67642 67643 67644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alectrion fossata (202936) Nassa fossata (96566 203417 222659 222660 222661 222662 222674) Nassarius fossatus (37672 37673 59063 96895 160361 219029 219030 226458)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Nassa fossata (96591)