Taxon profile
species
Caecum johnsoni Winkley, 1908
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Littorinimorpha » family Caecidae » genus Caecum
ID: 589095
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 02:13:12
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Text function: [[t:589095;<em>Caecum johnsoni</em>]]
[[t:589095;<em>Caecum johnsoni</em>]] Winkley, 1908
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589095/"><em>Caecum johnsoni</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 02:13:12
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589095/
Text function: [[t:589095;<em>Caecum johnsoni</em>]]
[[t:589095;<em>Caecum johnsoni</em>]] Winkley, 1908
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id589095/"><em>Caecum johnsoni</em></a>
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Caecum johnsoni
Author: Winkley
Author: Tunnell et al.
Taxon in country check-lists*
United States of America (Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 109745
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Text ID: 109745
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Created: 2021-06-10 19:30:09 - User Delsing Jan
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Caecum johnsoni Winkley, 1908 Johnson's Caecum
Distribution: Massachusetts, North Carolina; Texas. Size: 5 mm
Description: Color may be translucent white or brown; shape curved and tubular, toothlike or tusklike; sculpture appears smooth, but at high magnification fine spiral growth lines are visible; mucro present as knob on side of hemisphere; aperture without varix, smooth.
Habitat: In beach drift along Texas coast. Also in bays, oyster reefs, and offshore reefs and banks from shoreline to a depth of 75 m (246 ft). Alive at FGB. Remarks: Sometimes mistaken for C. glabrum Montagu, 1803, a European spe¬cies. Offshore specimens may be smaller. See Ode (1988b).
Distribution: Massachusetts, North Carolina; Texas. Size: 5 mm
Description: Color may be translucent white or brown; shape curved and tubular, toothlike or tusklike; sculpture appears smooth, but at high magnification fine spiral growth lines are visible; mucro present as knob on side of hemisphere; aperture without varix, smooth.
Habitat: In beach drift along Texas coast. Also in bays, oyster reefs, and offshore reefs and banks from shoreline to a depth of 75 m (246 ft). Alive at FGB. Remarks: Sometimes mistaken for C. glabrum Montagu, 1803, a European spe¬cies. Offshore specimens may be smaller. 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 johnsoni Winkley, 1908]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013