MolluscaBase taxon details
Caecum subspirale P. P. Carpenter, 1857
545340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545340)
accepted
Species
Caecum (Elephantulum) obtusum P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · unaccepted
Caecum (Elephantulum) subspirale P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · unaccepted (basionym)
Caecum obtusum P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caecum validum de Folin, 1867 · unaccepted (uncertain synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Caecum (Elephantulum) subspirale 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): 315 [details]
page(s): 315 [details]
Type locality contained in Mazatlan
type locality contained in Mazatlan [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Description From Cholla Bay, Sonora, Mexico to Venado Beach, Panama. Intertidal to 180 m.
Description From Cholla Bay, Sonora, Mexico to Venado Beach, Panama. Intertidal to 180 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caecum subspirale P. P. Carpenter, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545340 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Caecum (Elephantulum) abnormale 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): 316 [details]
original description (of Caecum (Elephantulum) subspirale 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): 315 [details]
original description (of Caecum (Elephantulum) obtusum 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): 317 [details]
original description (of Caecum validum 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): 78 [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): 68, figs 48A–E, 49A–I, 50A–B, 127G [details]
page(s): 316 [details]
original description (of Caecum (Elephantulum) subspirale 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): 315 [details]
original description (of Caecum (Elephantulum) obtusum 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): 317 [details]
original description (of Caecum validum 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): 78 [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): 68, figs 48A–E, 49A–I, 50A–B, 127G [details]




From editor or global species database
Description From Cholla Bay, Sonora, Mexico to Venado Beach, Panama. Intertidal to 180 m. [details]
To NHMUK collection (Caecum obtusum Carpenter, 1857; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2649434) (from synonym Caecum obtusum P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Caecum (Elephantulum) abnormale P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Caecum obtusum P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Caecum (Elephantulum) abnormale P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Caecum obtusum P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym