OCEAN-UKRAINE - Caecum J. Fleming, 1813

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Caecum J. Fleming, 1813

Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 3.0 mm).

AphiaID

137718 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137718)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Caecidae J. E. Gray, 1850

Parent

Caecinae J. E. Gray, 1850

Original name

Caecum J. Fleming, 1813

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Species Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Species Caecum elegans Perejaslavtseva, 1891 accepted as Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803) (? Dubious synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Fleming, J. (1813). Conchology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. 7: 55-107, pls. 203-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187234
page(s): 67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Caecum J. Fleming, 1813. Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2026) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137718 on 2026-08-04

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2026). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Caecum J. Fleming, 1813. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137718 on 2026-08-04

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2018-04-11 16:18:46Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2022-10-23 14:29:52Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

2023-08-13 10:08:16Z

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Dekker, Henk

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original description Fleming, J. (1813). Conchology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. 7: 55-107, pls. 203-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187234
page(s): 67 [details]

additional source Goedert J.L. & Raines B.K. (2016). First Paleogene Caecidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from the northeastern Pacific Ocean and the earliest record for the genus Caecum Fleming, 1813. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 129: 38-47., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q1.38 [details]