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Caecum glabrum

Gastropoda - Caecidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium glabrum was named by Montagu (1803) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Mediterranean, Northern Europe.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Caecum glabrum by Wood (1848) and Marquet (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Dentalium glabrum Montagu p. 197
1848Caecum glabrum Wood p. 117
1997Caecum glabrum Marquet p. 18

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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
speciesglabrum(Montagu 1803)

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 glabrum Montagu 1803
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Caecum glabrum (178108)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Caecum glabrum (76983)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Caecum glabrum (97962 97963 97964 97965 98041)