Caesia (gastropod)

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

Description
(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.

Species

 * Caesia fossata (A. Gould, 1850)
 * Caesia perpinguis (Hinds, 1844)
 * Caesia rhinetes (S. S. Berry, 1953)
 * Synonyms:
 * Caesia japonica (A. Adams, 1852) : synonym of Nassarius praematuratus (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1960)