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species
Caecum carolinianum W. H. Dall, 1892
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Littorinimorpha » family Caecidae » genus Caecum
ID: 589062
pID: 307814
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 18:57:06 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-03-14 20:11:21
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[[t:589062;<em>Caecum carolinianum</em>]] W. H. Dall, 1892
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589062/"><em>Caecum carolinianum</em></a>
pID: 307814
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 18:57:06 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-03-14 20:11:21
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589062/
Text function: [[t:589062;<em>Caecum carolinianum</em>]]
[[t:589062;<em>Caecum carolinianum</em>]] W. H. Dall, 1892
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589062/"><em>Caecum carolinianum</em></a>
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Caecum carolinianum
Author: Dall
Author: Tunnell et al.
Taxon in country check-lists*
Atlantic Ocean, North America: United States of America (Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 109738
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Caecum carolinianum Dall, 1892 Carolina Caecum
Distribution: North Carolina to Florida, Texas. Size: 5 mm.
Description: Color cream-white, opaque when worn; shell tooth shaped; sculpture of shell glossy and smooth except for microscopic growth striae; mucro, a hornlike projection, immersed in dome or apex; aperture constricted; living specimens covered with a golden periostracum.
Habitat: In Texas found offshore in shelly and calcareous reef-type areas at depths from 7 to 37 m (23 to 121 ft).
Remarks: A fairly common species with troublesome identification due to varying mucro shape at different stages of growth. Similar to C. heladum and C. johnsoni. See Ode (1988b).
Distribution: North Carolina to Florida, Texas. Size: 5 mm.
Description: Color cream-white, opaque when worn; shell tooth shaped; sculpture of shell glossy and smooth except for microscopic growth striae; mucro, a hornlike projection, immersed in dome or apex; aperture constricted; living specimens covered with a golden periostracum.
Habitat: In Texas found offshore in shelly and calcareous reef-type areas at depths from 7 to 37 m (23 to 121 ft).
Remarks: A fairly common species with troublesome identification due to varying mucro shape at different stages of growth. Similar to C. heladum and C. johnsoni. See Ode (1988b).
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 carolinianum Dall, 1892]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013