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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Caecidae

Caecum regulare Carpenter, 1858


Range: 26°N to 6.5°N; 82.65°W to 55°W
Depth: 0 to 58 m (live 0.3 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5  mm

Synonymy

Caecum pulchellum auct. non Stimpson, 1851
Caecum regulare Carpenter, 1858

Details


Caecum (Anellum) regulare Carpenter, 1858a, p. 16-17
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: West Indies; Singapore; Australia
Range: 26°N to 6.5°N; 82.65°W to 55°W
Depth: 0 to 58 m (live 0.3 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Surinam
References: Moore (1972b) N; Altena (1975) {D}SE; Princz (1986) D; Díaz et al. (1990) {dl}L; Lightfoot (1992a) {W}; Redfern (2001) dl; Espinosa & Ortea (2003a) W
Comments: de Folin's (1880) record off Pernambuco, Brazil needs confirmation.

Caecum pulchellum auct. non Stimpson, 1851, 
[Not available]
Distribution: Puerto Rico
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) s
Comments: Misidentification by Warmke & Abbott (1961).


Partial List of References

Carpenter, P. P. 1858. First steps towards a monograph of the Caecidae  30 pp., one fold-out table. Zoological Society of London: London.

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