Caesia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: |
Caesia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
Type species | |
Nassa perpinguis Hinds, 1844 | |
Synonyms | |
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Caesia is a genus of sea snails in the subfamily Nassariinae of the family Nassariidae. [1]
(Described as Zaphon) The shell is bucciniform. The spire is elevated, the whorls rugose. The inner lip shows a spreading, corrugated callus. The outer lip is denticulate, lirate internally, not variced externally. [2]
Caesia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: |
Caesia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
Type species | |
Nassa perpinguis Hinds, 1844 | |
Synonyms | |
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Caesia is a genus of sea snails in the subfamily Nassariinae of the family Nassariidae. [1]
(Described as Zaphon) The shell is bucciniform. The spire is elevated, the whorls rugose. The inner lip shows a spreading, corrugated callus. The outer lip is denticulate, lirate internally, not variced externally. [2]