Taxon profile
species
Caecum cycloferum de Folin, 1867
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Littorinimorpha » family Caecidae » genus Caecum
ID: 589075
pID: 307814
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 18:57:06 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-03-12 22:42:00
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589075/
Text function: [[t:589075;<em>Caecum cycloferum</em>]]
[[t:589075;<em>Caecum cycloferum</em>]] de Folin, 1867
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589075/"><em>Caecum cycloferum</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: 2021-03-12 22:42:00
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589075/
Text function: [[t:589075;<em>Caecum cycloferum</em>]]
[[t:589075;<em>Caecum cycloferum</em>]] de Folin, 1867
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589075/"><em>Caecum cycloferum</em></a>
Images
Author: Tunnell et al.
Caecum cycloferum
Author: De Folin
Author: De Jong & Coomans
Taxon in country check-lists*
North America: Aruba, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States of America (Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas), South America: Brazil, Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 109742
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2021-06-10 19:21:36 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Text ID: 109742
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2021-06-10 19:21:36 - User Delsing Jan
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Caecum cycloferum Folin, 1867 Fatlip Caecum
Distribution: Southeast United States, Texas; West Indies. Size: 4 to 6 mm
Description: Color whitish-yellow; shape tusklike; sculpture of strong longitudinal ridges; varix around aperture strong, abrupt with thick annulations crossed by the longitudinal ridges; mucro low, strong, somewhat triangulate. Habitat: Typically associated with seagrass and algal mats. In Texas found at FGB. Depth range 0 to 101 m (330 ft).
Remarks: Rare species not easily found on Texas coast. Common name suits this species well. See Ode (1988b).
Synonyms: C. gracilis Folin, 1870; C clenchi Olsson and McGinty, 1958.
Distribution: Southeast United States, Texas; West Indies. Size: 4 to 6 mm
Description: Color whitish-yellow; shape tusklike; sculpture of strong longitudinal ridges; varix around aperture strong, abrupt with thick annulations crossed by the longitudinal ridges; mucro low, strong, somewhat triangulate. Habitat: Typically associated with seagrass and algal mats. In Texas found at FGB. Depth range 0 to 101 m (330 ft).
Remarks: Rare species not easily found on Texas coast. Common name suits this species well. See Ode (1988b).
Synonyms: C. gracilis Folin, 1870; C clenchi Olsson and McGinty, 1958.
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 cycloferum Folin, 1867]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013