CaRMS taxon details
Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776)
140187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140187)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] 
Distribution Rare in the British Isles
Distribution Arctic seas to Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Distribution Rare in the British Isles [details]
Distribution Arctic seas to Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Distribution Arctic seas to Cape Cod, Massachusetts [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140187 on 2025-05-08
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140187 on 2025-05-08
Date
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original description
(of ) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gulbin, V. V.; Chaban, E. M. (2012). Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. <em>Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society</i.</em> 15-16: 5-30. [In Russian]., available online at http://rfems.dvo.ru/images/rfems/bulletin/vol_015_016/article_01.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 56 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gulbin, V. V.; Chaban, E. M. (2012). Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. <em>Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society</i.</em> 15-16: 5-30. [In Russian]., available online at http://rfems.dvo.ru/images/rfems/bulletin/vol_015_016/article_01.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 56 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 6 mm [details]Distribution Rare in the British Isles [details]
Distribution Arctic seas to Cape Cod, Massachusetts [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | spids albueskæl | [details] |
| English | northern blind limpet | [details] |
| German | Nördliche Blindkäferschnecke | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (99 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeta caeca)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Hitra Island, by dredging,...
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (18 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (99 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeta caeca)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Hitra Island, by dredging,...
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (18 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
