Caecum beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae

Full reference: L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283

Belongs to Caecum according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987

Sister taxa: Caecum (Brochina), Caecum (Caecum), Caecum (Defolinia), Caecum alterum, Caecum anellifer, Caecum armoricum, Caecum californicum, Caecum calvertense, Caecum campe, Caecum chipolanum, Caecum circumvolutum, Caecum cooperi, Caecum crebricinctum, Caecum cycloferum, Caecum glabrum, Caecum greensboroense, Caecum imbricatum, Caecum johnsoni, Caecum mammillatum, Caecum mexicanum, Caecum patuxentium, Caecum plicatum, Caecum properegulare, Caecum quadratum, Caecum ryssotitum, Caecum tomaculum, Caecum veracruzanum

Type specimen: USNM 204034

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Section 5 (Unit C, James City Fm) - Lee Creek Mine (Quaternary of North Carolina)

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