Caecum (gastropod)

Caecum
A shell of Caecum trachea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Caecidae
Genus: Caecum
Fleming, 1817
Type species
Caecum tracheum tracheum
Montagu, G., 1803
Species

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Synonyms
  • Brochina Gray, 1857
  • Brochus T. Brown, 1827
  • Caecum (Anellum) Carpenter, 1856· accepted, alternate representation
  • Caecum (Bambusum) Olsson & Harbison, 1954· accepted, alternate representation
  • Caecum (Brochina) Gray, 1857· accepted, alternate representation
  • Caecum (Caecum) J. Fleming, 1813· accepted, alternate representation
  • Caecum (Defolinia) Weisbord, 1962
  • Caecum (Elephantulum) Carpenter, 1857· accepted, alternate representation
  • Caecum (Fartulum) Carpenter, 1857· accepted, alternate representation
  • Coecum [sic]
  • Cornuoides T. Brown, 1827
  • Elephantanellum Bartsch, 1920
  • Elephantulum Carpenter, 1857
  • Fartulum Carpenter, 1857
  • Micranellum Bartsch, 1920
  • Odontidium Philippi, 1836
  • Pictocaecum Habe, 1978

Caecum is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod micromolluscs or micromollusks in the family Caecidae or blind shells.

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