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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Caecidae

Caecum cycloferum Folin, 1867


Range: 35°N to 24°S; 96°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 101 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Caecum cycloferum Folin, 1867
Elephantulum cycloferum (Folin, 1867) 
Caecum gracile Folin, 1870
Caecum coronellum Dall, 1892
Caecum clenchi Olsson & McGinty, 1958

Details


Caecum cycloferum Folin, 1867f, p. 33, pl. 4, figs. 1-2
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Guayra [La Guaira], Venezuela
Range: 35°N to 24°S; 93.5°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 101 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: USA: Louisiana; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Vargas; Puerto Rico, Brazil: Maranhao, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Sao Paulo
References: Houbrick (1968) d; Ortiz-Corps (1985); Robinson & Montoya (1987) {W}; Odé (1988b) DW; Leal (1991b) {D}E
Combining Genera:  Elephantulum

Caecum (Bambusum) clenchi Olsson & McGinty, 1958, p. 36, pl. 2, figs. 6, 6a
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bocas Island, Panama
Range: 9.4°N ; 82.3°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.7 mm
Distribution: Panama
References: Olsson & McGinty (1958) DdNSEWM

Caecum coronellum Dall, 1892b, p. 298-299, pl. 20, fig. 11a
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mrs. Purdy's Marl Pit, Newer Miocene of Cape Fear River, NC; Pliocene of Caloosahatchie; Recent, 20 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Range: 35°N to 18.5°N; 82.8°W to 67°W
Depth: 26 to 33 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: West Florida; Puerto Rico
References: Dall (1892b) NM; M. Smith (1941) DdW; Warmke & Abbott (1961) SE; Odé (1988b) s

Caecum cycloferum var. gracilis Folin, 1870a, p. 188
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Veracruz, Mexico
Range: 19°N ; 96°W
Depth: 1.5 m
Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz
References: Folin (1870a) NSEW; Folin (1875) Dd


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1892. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part II. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3 [i-vii], 201-473, 1 fold-out map, pls. 13-22. [Stated date: -- Dec 1892.]
Folin, L. de. 1867. Rade de la Guayra Les Fonds de la Mer 1 30-33, pls. 3-4 Savy: Paris. [True date: -- --- 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.]
Olsson, A. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1958. Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species Bulletins of American Paleontology 39 1-58, pls. 1-5. [Stated date: 10 Dec 1958.]

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