North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

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

Dentalium trachea Montagu, 1803 accepted as Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803) (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Caecidae J. E. Gray, 1850

Parent

Caecinae J. E. Gray, 1850

Original name

Caecum J. Fleming, 1813

Synonymised names

Brochina Gray, 1857 · unaccepted

Brochus T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted

Caecum (Brochina) J. E. Gray, 1857 · alternative representation

Caecum (Caecum) J. Fleming, 1813 · alternative representation

Odontidium R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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Species Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869
Species Caecum atlantidis R. B. Watson, 1897
Species Caecum auriculatum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum clarkii P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860
Species Caecum cuspidatum Chaster, 1896
Species Caecum elegantissimum P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum engli Nofroni, Pizzini & Oliverio, 1997
Species Caecum eunoi Nofroni, Pizzini & Oliverio, 1997
Species Caecum glabrum (Montagu, 1803)
Species Caecum gofasi Pizzini & Nofroni, 2001
Species Caecum johnsoni Winkley, 1908
Species Caecum pollicare P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum pulchellum W. Stimpson, 1851
Species Caecum searleswoodii P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum sepimentum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum subannulatum de Folin, 1870
Species Caecum swinneni Nofroni, Pizzini & Oliverio, 1997
Species Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Species Caecum vitreum P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum wayae Pizzini & Nofroni, 2001
Species Caecum achates Sykes, 1925 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Caecum imperforatum Kanmacher, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Caecum elegans Perejaslavtseva, 1891 accepted as Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803) (? Dubious synonym)
Species Caecum fasciatum de Folin, 1876 accepted as Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Species Caecum lightfootae Pizzini, Nofroni & Oliverio, 1994 accepted as Caecum atlantidis R. B. Watson, 1897
Species Caecum orientale de Folin, 1868 accepted as Caecum clarkii P. P. Carpenter, 1859 (dubious synonym)
Species Caecum saavedrae V. Beltrán, 1965 accepted as Caecum auriculatum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum sardinianum de Folin, 1870 accepted as Caecum clarkii P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum semitrachea Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Species Caecum syriacum de Folin, 1869 accepted as Caecum auriculatum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum tenue Milaschewitsch, 1912 accepted as Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869 (invalid: junior homonym of Caecum tenue Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Subgenus Caecum (Brochina) J. E. Gray, 1857 represented as Caecum J. Fleming, 1813
Subgenus Caecum (Caecum) J. Fleming, 1813 represented as Caecum J. Fleming, 1813

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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caecum J. Fleming, 1813. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137718 on 2026-03-12

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Caecum J. Fleming, 1813. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137718 on 2026-03-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2018-04-11 16:18:46Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2022-10-23 14:29:52Z

changed

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]

original description (of Brochina Gray, 1857) Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp. [9 May; Preface dated 10 Dec. 1856]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117528 [details]

original description (of Odontidium R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details]

original description (of Brochus T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 1, and index p. i [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]