Caesia

Caesia is a genus of sea snails in the subfamily Nassariinae of the family Nassariidae.

Caesia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
NassariinaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Nassariidae
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Nassariidae
Motility
slow-movingPBDB, for Nassariidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 5.2 million years on record.

The record covers at least 5.333 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 364 occurrencesMiocene — about 19 of 364 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 77 of 364 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 267 of 364 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 1 occurrence10–9.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence9.4–8.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence8.6–7.8 Mya — about 1 occurrence7.8–7.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 5 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 5 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 9 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 11 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 29 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 55 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 66 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 10 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 166 occurrences5.333 Mya129 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

364 occurrences of Caesia on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

364 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

27 formations

Careaga Sandstone — 34.88°N, 120.51°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.83°N, 120.38°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.90°N, 120.32°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.74°N, 120.41°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.77°N, 120.48°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.74°N, 118.28°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.76°N, 118.28°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.94°WPico — 33.94°N, 117.89°WPico — 34.37°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.70°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.51°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.52°WPancho Rico — 35.89°N, 121.05°WPancho Rico — 35.90°N, 120.84°WPancho Rico — 35.73°N, 120.81°WPancho Rico — 36.34°N, 121.02°WPancho Rico — 36.19°N, 120.86°WPancho Rico — 36.10°N, 120.88°WPancho Rico — 36.03°N, 120.80°WPancho Rico — 36.02°N, 120.88°WPancho Rico — 35.97°N, 120.73°WPancho Rico — 35.83°N, 120.50°WPancho Rico — 36.13°N, 120.73°WTimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WSan Pedro Sand — 33.74°N, 118.28°WMerced — 47.35°N, 124.29°WMerced — 37.38°N, 122.19°WMerced — 38.37°N, 122.92°WEtchegoin — 36.02°N, 120.27°WEtchegoin — 36.28°N, 120.30°WEtchegoin — 36.12°N, 120.41°WEtchegoin — 36.23°N, 120.33°WEtchegoin — 36.95°N, 120.16°WEtchegoin — 36.16°N, 120.65°WPalos Verdes — 33.63°N, 117.90°WLomita Marl — 33.75°N, 118.30°WLomita Marl — 33.74°N, 118.29°WFoxen Mudstone — 34.89°N, 120.55°WAnchor — 34.04°N, 118.40°WSanta Clara — 37.37°N, 122.14°WTowsley — 34.36°N, 118.51°WTowsley — 34.34°N, 118.54°WFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WSan Pedro — 33.93°N, 117.95°WSan Pedro — 33.80°N, 118.16°WUnnamed — 33.24°N, 119.47°WElk River — 42.74°N, 124.49°WEmpire — 43.39°N, 124.28°WEmpire — 42.84°N, 124.56°WPurisima — 36.97°N, 121.95°WPurisima — 37.32°N, 122.40°WSan Joaquin — 35.90°N, 120.00°WJacalitos — 36.09°N, 120.41°WJacalitos — 36.08°N, 120.49°WSalada — 27.70°N, 114.90°WWildcat — 40.64°N, 124.31°W

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The named rock units Caesia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 89 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Caesia and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Caesia and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,596 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 225 sites for Caesia, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

64 references

Each of the 364 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 52 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Caesia

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Credit
MooreLab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itNassariinae through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Adams and Adams 1853)