WoRMS taxon details
Caecum heptagonum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
545261 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545261)
accepted
Species
Caecum (Elephantulum) heptagonum P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · unaccepted (basionym)
Caecum heptagonum var. hexagona de Folin, 1867 · unaccepted
Caecum heptagonum var. octogona de Folin, 1867 · unaccepted
- Variety Caecum heptagonum var. hexagona de Folin, 1867 accepted as Caecum heptagonum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Variety Caecum heptagonum var. octogona de Folin, 1867 accepted as Caecum heptagonum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caecum (Elephantulum) heptagonum P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 319 [details]
page(s): 319 [details]
Type locality contained in Mazatlan
type locality contained in Mazatlan [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution From Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico to Manabi, Ecuador, including Revillagigedo Islands and Cocos Island....
Distribution From Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico to Manabi, Ecuador, including Revillagigedo Islands and Cocos Island. Intertidal to 148 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caecum heptagonum P. P. Carpenter, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545261 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caecum (Elephantulum) heptagonum P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 319 [details]
original description (of Caecum heptagonum var. hexagona de Folin, 1867) Folin L. de. (1867). Les méléagrinicoles. Espéces nouvelles. <em>Recueil des Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études Diverses.</em> 33: 41–112, 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11247403
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Caecum heptagonum var. octogona de Folin, 1867) Folin L. de. (1867). Les méléagrinicoles. Espéces nouvelles. <em>Recueil des Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études Diverses.</em> 33: 41–112, 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11247403
page(s): 84 [details]
basis of record Raines B.K. (2020). A Rosetta Stone for eastern Pacific Caecidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4827(1): 1-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4827.1.1
page(s): 49, figs 33A–G, 3A–L, 35A–B, 127M [details]
page(s): 319 [details]
original description (of Caecum heptagonum var. hexagona de Folin, 1867) Folin L. de. (1867). Les méléagrinicoles. Espéces nouvelles. <em>Recueil des Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études Diverses.</em> 33: 41–112, 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11247403
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Caecum heptagonum var. octogona de Folin, 1867) Folin L. de. (1867). Les méléagrinicoles. Espéces nouvelles. <em>Recueil des Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études Diverses.</em> 33: 41–112, 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11247403
page(s): 84 [details]
basis of record Raines B.K. (2020). A Rosetta Stone for eastern Pacific Caecidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4827(1): 1-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4827.1.1
page(s): 49, figs 33A–G, 3A–L, 35A–B, 127M [details]
Other
additional source
Egger, C.; Neusser, T. P.; Norenburg, J.; Leasi, F.; Buge, B.; Vannozzi, A.; Cunha, R. L.; Cox, C. J.; Jörger, K. M. (2020). Uncovering the shell game with barcodes: diversity of meiofaunal Caecidae snails (Truncatelloidea, Caenogastropoda) from Central America. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 968: 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.968.52986
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Bartsch, P. (1947). Type of <i>Elephantellum</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 60(3): 104 [January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523789 [details]
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Bartsch, P. (1947). Type of <i>Elephantellum</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 60(3): 104 [January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523789 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution From Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico to Manabi, Ecuador, including Revillagigedo Islands and Cocos Island. Intertidal to 148 m. [details]
