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Caecum (Caecum)
J. Fleming, 1813
Caecum trachea
(Montagu, 1803)
Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 3.0 mm).
AphiaID
534452
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534452)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Truncatelloidea
Caecidae
Caecinae
Caecum
Caecum (Caecum)
Status
alternative representation
Accepted name
Caecum
J. Fleming, 1813
Rank
Subgenus
Type taxon
Dentalium trachea
Montagu, 1803
accepted as
Caecum trachea
(Montagu, 1803)
(type by subsequent designation)
Parent
Caecum
J. Fleming, 1813
Original name
Caecum
J. Fleming, 1813
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent + fossil
Original description
(of
Caecum
J. Fleming, 1813
)
Fleming, J. (1813). Conchology. <em>The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia.</em> 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 (Caecum)
J. Fleming, 1813. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534452 on 2026-08-18
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Caecum (Caecum)
J. Fleming, 1813. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=534452 on 2026-08-18
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2010-10-19 11:31:25Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2014-03-03 19:29:07Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2024-10-05 16:40:20Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim
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Images (4)
original description
(of
Caecum
J. Fleming, 1813
)
Fleming, J. (1813). Conchology. <em>The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia.</em> 7: 55-107, pls. 203-206.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187234
page(s): 67
[details]
basis of record
Bandel, K. (1996). Phylogeny of the Caecidae (Caenogastropoda). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut, Universität Hamburg.</em> 79: 53-115.
[details]
additional source
Iljina L. B. (1993). ???????????? ??????? ??????-?????????? ????????? ???-???????? ??????? [= Handbook for identification of the marine Middle Miocene gastropods of southwestern Eurasia]. <em>Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta RAS.</em> 255: 1-151.
,
available online at
https://www.geokniga.org/bookfiles/geokniga-iljina1993opredmorsksrednemiotsengastropodjuvevraziipin255.djvu
page(s): 51
[details]
From editor or global species database
Caecum trachea
(Montagu, 1803)
Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 3.0 mm).
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Unreviewed
Caecum trachea
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Caecum trachea
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Caecum trachea
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