Family Caecidae Gray 1850 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae

Parent taxon: Truncatelloidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Beesley 1998, Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2005, Criscione and Ponder 2013, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2002, Marquet 1997, Martin 1904, Ponder and Warén 1988, Todd 2001 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987

Sister taxa: Adeorbiidae, Amnicolidae, Anabathridae, Assimineidae, Calopiidae, Clenchiellidae, Elachisinidae, Emmerciidae, Falsicingulidae, Hydrobiidae, Hydrococcidae, Iravadiidae, Pomatiopsidae, Rissoacea, Stenothyridae, Tornidae, Truncatellidae, Vitrinellidae

Subtaxa: Bambusum Caecinae Caecum Ctiloceras Ctiloceratinae Elephantanellum Elephantulum Fartulum Meioceras Micranellium Micranellum Ponderoceras Strebloceras Strebloceratinae

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (3 collections), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), the Marshall Islands (1), Mayotte (1), Mexico (3), Portugal (2), Spain (2), Tonga (1), Tuvalu (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (54: California, Florida, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Chile (1), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (2), Italy (3), Jamaica (3), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (4), Panama (10), Trinidad and Tobago (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (9)

• Miocene of Austria (2), Belgium (3), Fiji (1), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Marshall Islands (7), New Zealand (2), Panama (15), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (12: Delaware, Florida, Maryland), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (3), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of France (1), Panama (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 195 collections including 353 occurrences

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