Caecum, Fleming, 1813

Raines, Bret K., 2020, A Rosetta Stone for eastern Pacific Caecidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), Zootaxa 4827 (1), pp. 1-146 : 139

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4827.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2CE528C2-DE07-4155-B37D-BE2C342A3901

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4453340

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A3DF49-FF68-FF0B-FF44-FE0CFB193B22

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Plazi

scientific name

Caecum
status

 

Caecum View in CoL sp. B

Figures 124 View FIGURE 124 A–E, 128H

Material examined. The following lots were examined. NHMLAC: LACM 1962 About LACM - 22.33 About LACM , Cholla Bay , Port Penasco, Sonora, Mexico, intertidal, 1 sh .

Diagnosis. Teleoconch subcylindrical, with increase in diameter from posterior end to aperture. Surface semitranslucent white, sculptured with sinuous, longitudinal striae, crossed by canted axial lines. Septum mucronate, inflated. Aperture somewhat oblique, with slight swelling. Periostracum thin, semi-translucent tan.

Distribution and Habitat. Currently only represented by one specimen from Cholla Bay, Sonora, Mexico.

Remarks. Caecum sp. B is quite interesting and unique with its canted axial sculpture.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

SubClass

Caenogastropoda

Order

Littorinimorpha

Family

Caecidae

SubFamily

Caecinae

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