MolluscaBase taxon details
Caecum chilense Stuardo, 1962
743055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743055)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Stuardo, J. 1962. Caecum chilense, nuevo molusco para Chile. Gayana Zoología 5: 3-9. [details]
Distribution From Puerto Cayo, Ecuador to the O’Higgins National Park, Chile, as well as the Galapagos Islands. Intertidal to 150 m.
Distribution From Puerto Cayo, Ecuador to the O’Higgins National Park, Chile, as well as the Galapagos Islands. Intertidal to 150 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caecum chilense Stuardo, 1962. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743055 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Stuardo, J. 1962. Caecum chilense, nuevo molusco para Chile. Gayana Zoología 5: 3-9. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
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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): 106, figs 84A–K, 85A–P, 86A–B, 127Q [details]
additional source Nielsen, S. N. (2013). A new Pliocene mollusk fauna from Mejillones, northern Chile. <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift Springer.</em> 87: 33-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-012-0146-0
page(s): 38, fig. 3e; note: Pliocene fossils [details] Available for editors
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additional source Marincovich, L., Jr. (1973). Intertidal Mollusks of Iquique, Chile. <em>Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History, Science Bulletin.</em> 16: 1-49, 102 figs.
page(s): 30, figs 62-63 [details] Available for editors
[request]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

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): 106, figs 84A–K, 85A–P, 86A–B, 127Q [details]
additional source Nielsen, S. N. (2013). A new Pliocene mollusk fauna from Mejillones, northern Chile. <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift Springer.</em> 87: 33-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-012-0146-0
page(s): 38, fig. 3e; note: Pliocene fossils [details] Available for editors

additional source Marincovich, L., Jr. (1973). Intertidal Mollusks of Iquique, Chile. <em>Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History, Science Bulletin.</em> 16: 1-49, 102 figs.
page(s): 30, figs 62-63 [details] Available for editors





Nontype MNHNC SGO.PI.6464, geounit Chile [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution From Puerto Cayo, Ecuador to the O’Higgins National Park, Chile, as well as the Galapagos Islands. Intertidal to 150 m. [details]