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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), Carson (1926); it was recombined as Alectrion (Schizopyga) moranianus by Waterfall (1929); it was recombined as Nassarius (Schizopyga) moranianus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); 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
1926Alectrion moranianus Carson pp. 49, 51, 53, 55, 57
1929Alectrion (Schizopyga) moranianus Waterfall p. 78
1931Nassarius (Schizopyga) moranianus Grant, IV and Gale p. 676
1950Nassa moraniana Woodring and Bramlette
1951Nassarius moranianus Hertlein p. 191
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
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: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (California) Nassa moraniana (238417)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588USA (California) Nassa moraniana (238420)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Alectrion moranianus (204364 204366) Nassa moraniana (220029)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Nassa moraniana (238418 238421 238435 238436 238437 238453 238455 238460 238605 238606 238607 238609 238610 238611 238612) Nassarius moranianus (200398)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Nassa moraniana (189561 189760 189761 189762 189765 189766 189767 189768 207642 207643 207645 207646 207647 207651 207653 207656 207657 207659 207662 207665 207666 207667 207668 207669 207670 207671 207672 207673 207674 207675 207676 207677 207686 207687 207690 207692 207693 207694 207695 207697 207698 207699 207700 207701 207708 207709 207712 207713 207714 207716 207718 207721 207723 207727 207728)