Taxon profile
species
Caecum circumvolutum de Folin, 1867
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Littorinimorpha » family Caecidae » genus Caecum
ID: 1653554
pID: 307814
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2021-06-10 19:03:50 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2025-02-09 09:49:39 - User Ondřej Zicha
Data last updated: 2025-02-09 09:49:45
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[[t:1653554;<em>Caecum circumvolutum</em>]] de Folin, 1867
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1653554/"><em>Caecum circumvolutum</em></a>
pID: 307814
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2021-06-10 19:03:50 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2025-02-09 09:49:39 - User Ondřej Zicha
Data last updated: 2025-02-09 09:49:45
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1653554/
Text function: [[t:1653554;<em>Caecum circumvolutum</em>]]
[[t:1653554;<em>Caecum circumvolutum</em>]] de Folin, 1867
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1653554/"><em>Caecum circumvolutum</em></a>
Data source: WORMS.
Scientific synonyms
Caecum buccina Folin, 1870
Caecum carmenensis De Folin, 1870
Caecum carmenense de Folin, 1870
Caecum vestitum var. inornatum de Folin, 1870
Caecum veracruzanum De Folin, 1870
Caecum vestitum de Folin, 1870
Images
Caecum veracruzanum
Author: De Folin
Caecum vestitum
Author: De Folin
Caecum carmenensis
Author: De Folin
Author: Tunnell et al.
Taxon in country check-lists*
North America: Mexico, United States of America (Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas), South America: Brazil, Caribbean, Colombia
* List of countries might not be complete
Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 109739
Text Type: 1
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Last change: 2021-06-10 19:07:13 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1653554,textblock=109739,elang=EN;Description]]
Text ID: 109739
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2021-06-10 19:05:41 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2021-06-10 19:07:13 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Caecum circumvolutum Folin, 1867
Distribution: North Carolina to Florida, Texas; West Indies. Size: 2 to 4 mm
Description: Color glassy translucent white; shape toothlike or tusklike, cylindri¬cal, slightly arched; sculpture smooth; aperture with a bulbous varix of fine spiral ridges; mucro triangular when looked at from the side; at high magnification, growth increments can be seen.
Habitat: Calcareous environments. In Texas found at Stetson Bank and FGB. Depth range 2 to 40 m (7 to 130 ft).
Remarks: When alive, the shell is almost transparent but covered with a brownish periostracum. See Ode (1988b).
Synonyms: C . buccina Folin, 1870; C veracruzanum Folin, 1870.
Distribution: North Carolina to Florida, Texas; West Indies. Size: 2 to 4 mm
Description: Color glassy translucent white; shape toothlike or tusklike, cylindri¬cal, slightly arched; sculpture smooth; aperture with a bulbous varix of fine spiral ridges; mucro triangular when looked at from the side; at high magnification, growth increments can be seen.
Habitat: Calcareous environments. In Texas found at Stetson Bank and FGB. Depth range 2 to 40 m (7 to 130 ft).
Remarks: When alive, the shell is almost transparent but covered with a brownish periostracum. See Ode (1988b).
Synonyms: C . buccina Folin, 1870; C veracruzanum Folin, 1870.
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Caecum circumvolutum Folin, 1867]Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013