WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal 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]
Otheradditional 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]
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]
From editor or global species database
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