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Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Littorinimorpha » family Caecidae » genus Caecum
ID: 589070
pID: 307814
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 18:57:06 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-02-20 19:23:24
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[[t:589070;<em>Caecum cooperi</em>]] S. Smith, 1860
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589070/"><em>Caecum cooperi</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: 2021-02-20 19:23:24
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589070/
Text function: [[t:589070;<em>Caecum cooperi</em>]]
[[t:589070;<em>Caecum cooperi</em>]] S. Smith, 1860
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589070/"><em>Caecum cooperi</em></a>
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Caecum cooperi
Author: Smith, S.
Author: Tunnell et al.
Taxon in country check-lists*
North America: United States of America (Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas), South America: Caribbean
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 109741
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2021-06-10 19:17:35 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Text ID: 109741
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Created: 2021-06-10 19:17:35 - User Delsing Jan
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Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860 Cooper's Caecum
Distribution: South of Cape Cod to Florida, Texas. Size: 4 to 5 mm
Description: Color glossy white; shape toothlike or tusklike, slender and arched; sculpture of prominent longitudinal lirae with fine, thin, smooth almost obscure spiral striations; annular raised rings prominent at aperture, giving cancellate ap¬pearance at anterior end; mucro fairly long and pointed.
Habitat: In sandy bottoms off Texas coast from shoreline to a depth of 73 m (240 ft). Remarks: Similar to C. imbricatum; however, spiral threads are more pronounced and cancellate appearance distinct throughout the shell in C. imbricatum. See Tunnell and Chaney (1970); Ode (1988b). Synonym: C. smithi Cooper, 1872.
Distribution: South of Cape Cod to Florida, Texas. Size: 4 to 5 mm
Description: Color glossy white; shape toothlike or tusklike, slender and arched; sculpture of prominent longitudinal lirae with fine, thin, smooth almost obscure spiral striations; annular raised rings prominent at aperture, giving cancellate ap¬pearance at anterior end; mucro fairly long and pointed.
Habitat: In sandy bottoms off Texas coast from shoreline to a depth of 73 m (240 ft). Remarks: Similar to C. imbricatum; however, spiral threads are more pronounced and cancellate appearance distinct throughout the shell in C. imbricatum. See Tunnell and Chaney (1970); Ode (1988b). Synonym: C. smithi Cooper, 1872.
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 cooperi Smith, 1860]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013