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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Caecidae

Caecum ryssotitum Folin, 1867


Range: 28°N to 28°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 101 m (live 0 to 6.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2.3  mm

Synonymy

Caecum caeruleum Folin, 1867
Caecum ryssotitum Folin, 1867
Fartulum ryssotitum (Folin, 1867) 
Caecum cylindricum Folin, 1870
Caecum corneum Dunker, 1875
Caecum tomaculum Weisbord, 1962

Details


Caecum ryssotitum Folin, 1867a, p. 46-47, pl. 2, fig. 6
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Several localities
Range: 28°N to 28°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 101 m (live 0 to 6.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2.3 mm
Distribution: USA: Texas; Mexico: Alacran Reef; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Pernambuco, Bahia, Abrolhos Islands, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina
References: Houbrick (1968) d; Princz (1982a); Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Odé (1988b) DLlWM
Combining Genera:  Fartulum

Caecum ryssotitum var. caerulea Folin, 1867a, p. 46-47
[Not available]
Type Locality: Pernambuco, Brazil
Range: 8°S to 8°S; 35°W
Distribution: Brazil: Pernambuco
References: Folin (1867a) NSEW; Mello & Maestrati (1986) s
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Caecum corneum Dunker, 1875, p. 244
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Desterro, Santa Catarina, Brasil
Range: 15°S to 28°S; 48.5°W to 40°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2.3 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Bahia, Santa Catarina
References: Mello & Maestrati (1986) s

Caecum ryssotitum var. cylindrica Folin, 1870a, p. 182
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Veracruz or Carmen, Mexico [Veracruz (Folin 1872a: 298)]
Range: 19°N ; 96°W
Depth: 1.5 m
Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz
References: Folin (1872a) NSEW; Folin (1875) Dd

Caecum defolinia sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for Caecum (Defolinia) by Mello & Maestrati (1986), in synonymy of C. ryssotitum.

Caecum laevia sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for Caecum (Laevia) by Mello & Maestrati (1986), in synonymy of C. ryssotitum.

Meioceras rhyssotitum sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for ryssotitum by Odé (1973c).

Caecum (Defolinia) tomaculum Weisbord, 1962, p. 166-167, pl. 14, fig. 15
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mare formation at W-25, south flank of Punta Gorda anticline, Venezuela
Maximum Reported Size: 1.3 mm
References: Weisbord (1962) M


Partial List of References

Dunker, W. 1875. Ueber Conchylien von Desterro, Provinz Sta. Catharina, Brasilien Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 2 240-254.
Folin, L. de. 1867. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Caecidae Journal de Conchyliologie 15 44-58, pls. 2-3. [Stated date: -- Jan 1867.]
Folin, L. de. 1870. Vera-Cruz et Carmen Les Fonds de la Mer 1 181-191, pls. 23, 25-56 Savy: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1870.]
Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]

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