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Caecum vertebrale Ch. Hedley, 1899

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Caecidae »  genus Caecum

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Caecum vertebrale

Author: Kay, E.A.

Caecum vertebrale

Caecum vertebrale

Author: Hedley

Taxon in country check-lists*

North America: United States of America (Hawaii), Oceania: Tuvalu

* List of countries might not be complete

Description

Caecum vertebrale Hedley, 1899. Length, 2.0 mm; diameter, 0.5 mm. Shell: tubular, slightly curved; with 22 to 25 moderately strong, rounded transverse rings separated by interspaces of about equal breadth and depth; aperture with a single larger ring; septum strongly convex. Color: light brown. This species is rather infrequently found, at depths of about 30 m.
C. vertebrale was described from Funafuti and has been reported from Pleistocene drill holes in Tonga and at Enewetak, Marshall Islands (Ladd, 1972).
Kay, E.A., 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Caecum vertebrale Hedley, 1899]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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