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Caecum mammillatum

Description

Caecum mammillatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5725057https://www.gbif.org/species/5725057
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)113112https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=113112
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Caecidae : Caecum : Caecum mammillatum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Caecidae : Caecum : Caecum mammillatum
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
superorderHypsogastropoda
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
-Discopoda
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyCaecidaeGray 1850
genusCaecumFleming 1813
speciesCaecum mammillatumS.V.Wood 1848
Generic NameCaecum
Scientific NameCaecum mammillatum S.V.Wood, 1848
Name Published InWood, S. V. (1848). A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper tertiaries of the east of England. Part 1. Univalves. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society of London. 1, xii + 1–208, 21: pls.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Caecum mammillatumspeciesbelongs to Caecumstated with evidenceWood, 1842
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Last Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Caecidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietgrazer (based on Caecidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Marquet. 1997. Pliocene gastropod faunas from Kallo (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) - Part 2. Caenogastropoda: Potamididae-Tornidae. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 34(1-2):9-29
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecum_mammillatum

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1842Caecum mammillatum Wood p. 459
1997Caecum mammillatum Marquet p. 18

References

Marquet R. (1997) Pliocene gastropod faunas from Kallo (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) - Part 2. Caenogastropoda: Potamididae-Tornidae, Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 34 1-2, 9-29
Wood, S. V. (1848). A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper tertiaries of the east of England. Part 1. Univalves. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society of London. 1, xii + 1–208, 21: pls. - via World Register of Marine Species
Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species
Backeljau, T. (1986) Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Brussels, Belgium : 106 - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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