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Caecum cycloferum

Gastropoda - Caecidae

Taxonomy

Caecum cycloferum was named by Folin (1867). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. benhami, C. bensoni, C. cinctum, C. glimmerodense, C. insularum, C. pararegulare, C. suave, C. tortile, C. carpenteri

Synonyms

Caecum coronellum was named by Dall (1892). It is extant.

It was recombined as Caecum (Bambusum) coronellum by Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was synonymized subjectively with Caecum cycloferum by Perrilliat and Flores-Guerrero (2011).
Caecum clenchi was named by Olsson and McGinty (1958). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Caecum cycloferum by Perrilliat and Flores-Guerrero (2011).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1867	Caecum cycloferum Folin p. 33 figs. pl. 4, figs. 1, 2
1892	Caecum coronellum Dall p. 298 figs. pl. 20, fig. 11a
1953	Caecum (Bambusum) coronellum Olsson and Harbison p. 319
1958	Caecum clenchi Olsson and McGinty p. 36 figs. pl. 2, figs. 6, 6a
2011	Caecum cycloferum Perrilliat and Flores-Guerrero p. 383

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Truncatelloidea	Gray 1840
family	Caecidae	Gray 1850
genus	Caecum	Fleming 1813
species	cycloferum	Folin 1867

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Caecum cycloferum Folin 1867

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Invalid names: Caecum (Bambusum) coronellum Dall 1892 [synonym], Caecum clenchi Olsson and McGinty 1958 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

grazerf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:54:52

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:54:52

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Mexico (Veracruz)	Caecum cycloferum (134768 134769)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	USA (Florida)	Caecum coronellum (59484)