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Caecum (Brochina)

Gastropoda - Caecidae

Taxonomy
Brochina was named by Gray (1837). It is extant.

It was reranked as Caecum (Brochina) by Gray (1837), Harzhauser (2002).

It was assigned to Caecidae by Todd (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caecum by Gray (1837), Harzhauser (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Brochina Gray
1837Caecum (Brochina) Gray
2001Brochina Todd
2002Caecum (Brochina) Harzhauser p. 83
2002Brochina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyCaecidaeGray 1850
genusCaecumFleming 1813
subgenusBrochina(Gray 1837)

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.

Subg. Caecum (Brochina) Gray 1837
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†Caecum (Brochina) banoni Benoist 1874
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: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Caecum banoni (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Austria Caecum banoni (77622 77624)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Centre) Caecum banoni (179581)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium Caecum banoni (77868 77869 77871)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Brochina vestita (131218 131363) Brochina vestitum (131210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Brochina sp. (79989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Brochina glabella (97961)