Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Alternative spelling: Coecum
Parent taxon: Caecidae according to M. Harzhauser 2002
See also Beu et al. 1990, da Silva Forti 1969, Gardner 1947, Gardner 1948, Harris and Palmer 1947, Hendy et al. 2008, Ladd 1972, Mansfield 1925, Marquet 1997, Martin 1904, Perrilliat 1972, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Weisbord 1962
Sister taxa: Bambusum, Caecinae, Ctiloceras, Ctiloceratinae, Elephantanellum, Elephantulum, Fartulum, Meioceras, Micranellium, Micranellum, Ponderoceras, Strebloceras, Strebloceratinae
Subtaxa: Caecum (Brochina) Caecum (Caecum) Caecum (Defolinia) Caecum alterum Caecum anellifer Caecum armoricum Caecum beaufortensis Caecum californicum Caecum calvertense Caecum campe Caecum chipolanum Caecum circumvolutum Caecum cooperi Caecum crebricinctum Caecum cycloferum Caecum glabrum Caecum greensboroense Caecum imbricatum Caecum johnsoni Caecum mammillatum Caecum mexicanum Caecum patuxentium Caecum plicatum Caecum properegulare Caecum quadratum Caecum ryssotitum Caecum tomaculum Caecum veracruzanum
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (3 collections), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Mayotte (1), Mexico (2), Portugal (2), Spain (2), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (50: California, Florida, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Chile (1), Ecuador (2), Italy (3), Jamaica (3), Mexico (4), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (8)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Belgium (3), Fiji (1), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Panama (6), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (12: Delaware, Florida, Maryland)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Panama (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
Total: 154 collections including 246 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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