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Caecum

Gastropoda - Caecidae

Taxonomy
Caecum was named by Fleming (1813) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Stimpson (1851), Mansfield (1925); to Caecinae by Marquet (1997); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caecidae by Martin (1904), Gardner (1947), Harris and Palmer (1947), Gardner (1948), Weisbord (1962), da Silva Forti (1969), Ladd (1972), Perrilliat (1972), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Beu et al. (1990), Todd (2001), Harzhauser (2002).

Species
C. (Brochina), C. (Caecum), C. (Defolinia), C. alterum, C. anellifer, C. armoricum, C. beaufortensis, C. californicum, C. calvertense, C. campe, C. chipolanum, C. circumvolutum (syn. C. vestitum), C. cooperi, C. crebricinctum, C. cycloferum (syn. C. clenchi, C. (Bambusum) coronellum), C. glabrum, C. greensboroense, C. imbricatum, C. johnsoni, C. licalum, C. mammillatum, C. mexicanum, C. patuxentium, C. plicatum (syn. C. decussatum), C. properegulare, C. quadratum (syn. C. grippi, C. dalli), C. ryssotitum, C. tomaculum, C. veracruzanum
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. achironum, C. antillarum, C. benhami, C. bensoni, C. berberense, C. carpenteri, C. chilense, C. cinctum, C. cinctum, C. cornellum, C. crassum, C. deccusatum, C. fibratum, C. floridanum, C. floridanum, C. floridanum, C. glimmerodense, C. heladum, C. ibex, C. insularum, C. korytnicense, C. larieyense, C. mammilatum, C. marense, C. marense, C. pararegulare, C. parryensis, C. pulchellum, C. puntagordanum, C. solitarium, C. stevensoni, C. strigosum, C. suave, C. tenuicostulatum, C. texanum, C. tortile, C. tortile, C. trachea, C. venezuelanum, C. vertebrale

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Caecum Fleming
1851Coecum Stimpson
1904Caecum Martin p. 231
1925Caecum Mansfield p. 50
1947Caecum Gardner p. 582
1947Caecum Harris and Palmer p. 278
1948Caecum Gardner p. 203
1962Caecum Weisbord p. 162
1969Caecum da Silva Forti p. 105
1972Caecum Ladd p. 22
1972Caecum Perrilliat p. 32
1987Caecum Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1990Caecum Beu et al. p. 406
1997Caecum Marquet p. 18
2001Caecum Todd
2002Caecum Harzhauser p. 83
2002Caecum Sepkoski

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

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.

G. Caecum Fleming 1813
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Subg. Caecum (Brochina) Gray 1837
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†Caecum (Brochina) banoni Benoist 1874
Subg. Caecum (Caecum) Fleming 1813
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Caecum (Caecum) regulare Carpenter 1858
Subg. †Caecum (Defolinia) Weisbord 1962
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†Caecum (Defolinia) flemingi Gardner and Aldrich 1919
†Caecum alterum Meyer 1886
†Caecum anellifer Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
†Caecum armoricum de Folin 1869
†Caecum beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Caecum californicum Dall 1885 [California caecum]
†Caecum calvertense Martin 1904
†Caecum campe Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Caecum chipolanum Gardner 1947
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Invalid names: Caecum vestitum Folin 1870 [synonym]
Caecum cooperi Smith 1860
Caecum crebricinctum Carpenter 1864 [many-named caecum]
Caecum cycloferum Folin 1867
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Invalid names: Caecum (Bambusum) coronellum Dall 1892 [synonym], Caecum clenchi Olsson and McGinty 1958 [synonym]
Caecum glabrum Montagu 1803
†Caecum greensboroense Martin 1904
Caecum imbricatum Carpenter 1858
Caecum johnsoni Winkley 1908
Caecum licalum Bartsch 1920
†Caecum mammillatum Wood 1842
Caecum mexicanum Collins 1937
†Caecum patuxentium Martin 1904
Caecum plicatum Carpenter 1858
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Invalid names: Caecum decussatum Folin 1869 [synonym]
†Caecum properegulare Mansfield 1925
Caecum quadratum Carpenter 1857
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Invalid names: Caecum dalli Bartsch 1920 [synonym], Caecum grippi Bartsch 1920 [synonym]
Caecum ryssotitum de Folin 1867
†Caecum tomaculum Weisbord 1962
Caecum veracruzanum Collins 1937
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (156 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark C. sp. (176994)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) C. benhami, C. sp. (176361)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) C. alterum (90704)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) C. sp. (7437 7438 7439 205480)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) C. sp. (205489)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama C. sp. (42537)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (39662)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3USA (Washington) C. bensoni (208493)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium C. glimmerodense (111371)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) C. solitarium (6001)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France C. larieyense, C. fibratum, C. banoni (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Austria C. banoni (77622 77624)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Delaware) C. calvertense (18579)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany C. sp. (111599)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy C. trachea, C. glabrum (178108)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) C. chipolanum (42328 42366 42367 42443) C. pararegulare (42225) C. pararegulare, C. chipolanum (41760)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Centre) C. banoni (179581)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago C. properegulare (74920)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Marshall Islands C. berberense (77987) C. berberense, C. parryensis (77981)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) C. tenuicostulatum, C. korytnicense (38823)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) C. patuxentium (70856)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) C. pararegulare (42886 42888 42892 111204)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) C. anellifer (145210) C. sp. (136014)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium C. banoni (77868 77869 77871)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama C. regulare (52174) C. sp. (145522)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago C. sp. A, C. sp. B, C. sp. C (60399)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) C. sp. (135816)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (135944)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji C. berberense (78060)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador C. sp. (131332 131334)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago C. sp. D (60410 60415) C. sp. E (60417)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy C. trachea (78335 78338)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) C. marense (41543) C. puntagordanum (41552) C. tomaculum, C. puntagordanum (41544)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) C. mammillatum (55827)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) C. stevensoni, C. regulare (59330)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) C. regulare, C. cooperi, C. coronellum (59484)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela C. marense (131217) C. marense, Brochina vestitum (131210) C. marense, Elephantanellum imbricatum, Brochina vestita (131218 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Mexico C. mexicanum, C. veracruzanum, C. anellifer (77713) C. mexicanum, C. veracruzanum, C. anellifer, C. chipolanum, C. tomaculum (77714)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) C. pulchellum (58894) C. pulchellum, C. imbricatum, C. flemingi (58895) C. stevensoni (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Carabobo) C. regulare (41540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Mexico (Veracruz) C. mexicanum, C. regulare, C. cycloferum (134768) C. sp., C. mexicanum, C. regulare, C. cycloferum (134769)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica C. sp. (58522 69090 69094)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) C. trachea (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Brochina sp. (79989)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Chile C. chilense (142300)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium C. mammillatum, C. glabrum (76983)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ecuador (Manabi) C. campe (51878)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Micranellum crebricinctum (189768)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) C. beaufortensis, C. imbricatum, C. flemingi (58897) C. regulare, C. flemingi (59316)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) C. cornellum, C. floridanum, C. imbricatum, C. regulare (41501) C. floridanum, C. imbricatum (41718) C. floridanum, C. regulare (79338) C. imbricatum, C. floridanum, C. cinctum, C. tortile, C. regulare (79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) C. dalli (202496)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) C. ibex, C. cooperi (92408) C. imbricatum (60944)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) C. glabrum (97963 97964 97965 98041) C. mammilatum (98038) C. mammilatum, C. glabrum (97962)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Marshall Islands C. vertebrale (43333)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica C. suave (66778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Micranellum crebricinctum, C. californicum (223075)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) C. trachea (173663)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic C. deccusatum, C. sp., C. imbricatum (75425)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti C. sp. (60884)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) C. californicum (96590) C. californicum, C. licalum (96592)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) C. sp. (240566) Micranellum crebricinctum (201624) Micranellum crebricinctum, C. californicum (237610)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) C. californicum (37938 37945 37946) C. californicum, C. dalli (37933 37943 37947 37948) C. sp., C. californicum, C. dalli (37937 37939)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) C. cinctum, C. cornellum, C. floridanum, C. sp., C. tortile, C. imbricatum, C. regulare (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) C. californicum (202493) C. crebricinctum (202492 203113) C. crebricinctum, C. californicum, C. magnum (222664) C. crebricinctum, C. magnum (222663) C. sp., C. californicum, C. dalli (202494) Micranellum crebricinctum (203114) Micranellum crebricinctum, C. californicum (138723 223329) Micranellum crebricinctum, C. grippi, C. californicum (203095 223525)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) C. floridanum, C. pulchellum, C. imbricatum, C. vestitum (61310)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain C. crassum (128384)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga C. vertebrale (78075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) C. cooperi (57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain C. sp. (127360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. californicum (203417) C. crebricinctum, C. californicum (222660 222661) Micranellum crebricinctum (59063 240650 240651) Micranellum crebricinctum, C. californicum (96566 96589 160361 219029 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) C. armoricum (89618 128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. pulchellum, C. strigosum, C. imbricatum (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Brochina glabella (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica C. insularum, C. pulchellum, C. plicatum (80407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) C. pulchellum (81751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela C. sp. (131223)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte C. sp. (209860)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil C. imbricatum (72116 72120 72122)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) C. imbricatum, C. johnsoni (41935 92776)