Caecum (genus)
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Caecum is a genus
of minute sea snail
s, marine
gastropod micromolluscs or micromollusk
s in the family Caecidae
or blind shells.
The shell is sealed with a permanent calcareous
plug at one end and (when the animal has withdrawn into the shell) with a circular,multispiral, horny operculum
at the other end, the shell aperture
. The sculpture
is smooth or consists of a close-set, large number of annular ridges.
Subgenera brought into synonymy :
Species brought into synonymy :
Nomina dubia
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of minute sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod micromolluscs or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s in the family Caecidae
Caecidae
Caecidae is a taxonomic family of very small and minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.- Habitat :...
or blind shells.
Distribution
This genus is distributed worldwide in warm and temperate seas. Many species live in sponge, in sandy spots on reefs or in grassy beds in shallow waters in bays and lagoons. Some species are very common, such as the Beautiful Caecum (Caecum pulchellum), but they can be easily missed as they are so tiny. Many are rather rare, but this usually originates in lack of sampling.Shell description
The shells in this genus, like the others in the family,are very small with a length between 2 mm and 6 mm. >Their colour is white to yellowish white and some are almost translucent. They are unusual in that the teleoconch of the adult shell is a curving tube for most of its length. In the first stage of the shell it is spiral-shaped but soon becomes cylindrical.The shell is sealed with a permanent calcareous
Calcareous
Calcareous is an adjective meaning mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate, in other words, containing lime or being chalky. The term is used in a wide variety of scientific disciplines.-In zoology:...
plug at one end and (when the animal has withdrawn into the shell) with a circular,multispiral, horny operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
at the other end, the shell aperture
Aperture (mollusc)
The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc....
. The sculpture
Sculpture (mollusc)
The sculpture of a mollusc shell is the three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface, as distinct from the basic shape of the shell itself or colouration. Sculpture may be concave as well as convex. Sometimes it has microscopic detail. Sculpture refers to the calcareous outer layer, not the...
is smooth or consists of a close-set, large number of annular ridges.
Species
Species in the genus Caecum include :- Caecum abnormale Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum achirona de Folin, 1867
- Caecum amaltheanum Hedley, 1899
- Caecum amamiense Habe, 1978
- Caecum amputatum Ch. Hedley, 1894
- Caecum amydroglyptum Rehder, 1980
- Caecum angustum de Folin, 1879
- Caecum antillarumCaecum antillarumCaecum antillarum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1858 - Antillean caecum - Caecum arabicum Issel, 1869
- Caecum arcuatum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum armoricumCaecum armoricumCaecum armoricum, common name the DeFolin's lagoon snail, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1869 - De Folin's lagoon snail. This species is fully protected in the United Kingdom under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom and was implemented to comply with the Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds...
since 1992. - Caecum atlantidisCaecum atlantidisCaecum atlantidis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
R. B. Watson, 1897 - Caecum attenuatum de Folin, 1879
- Caecum auriculatumCaecum auriculatumCaecum auriculatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1868 - Caecum bahiahondaense A. M. Strong & J. G. Hertlein, 1939
- Caecum bakeri (BartschPaul BartschPaul Bartsch was an American malacologist and carcinologist.Paul Bartsch emigrated to the U.S.A in 1880. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.S. in 1896, and M.S. in 1899, and PhD in 1905...
, 1920) - Caecum beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987
- Caecum bimamillatum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum bipartitumCaecum bipartitumCaecum bipartitum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1870 - Caecum borneoensis de Folin, 1867
- Caecum brasilicumCaecum brasilicumCaecum brasilicum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1874 - Caecum brennaniCaecum brennaniCaecum brennani is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Raines & Pizzini, 2009 - Caecum breveCaecum breveCaecum breve is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - Caecum bucerium Golikov, 1967
- Caecum californicum Dall, 1885 - California caecum
- Caecum calvertense Martin, 1904
- Caecum campanulatumCaecum campanulatumCaecum campanulatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Raines & Pizzini, 2005 - Caecum campe Pilsbry and Olsson, 1941
- Caecum carolinianumCaecum carolinianumCaecum carolinianum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Dall, 1892 - Carolina caecum - Caecum carpenteri (Bartsch, 1920)
- Caecum caverna Moolenbeek, Faber & Iliffe, 1989
- Caecum chilense Stuardo, 1962
- Caecum chinense de Folin, 1879
- Caecum chipolanum Gardner, 1947
- Caecum cinctumCaecum cinctumCaecum cinctum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Olsson & Harbison, 1953 - Caecum circumvolutumCaecum circumvolutumCaecum circumvolutum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - Caecum clarkiiCaecum clarkiiCaecum clarkii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.-Distribution:This species is distributed in European waters from the Netherlands to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea.-References:...
P. P. Carpenter, 1858 - Caecum clarumCaecum clarumCaecum clarum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Lamy, 1910 [ex de Folin MS] - Caecum clathratum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum clavaCaecum clavaCaecum clava is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - club caecum - Caecum compactum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum condylumCaecum condylumCaecum condylum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Moore, 1969 - bone caecum - Caecum continensCaecum continensCaecum continens is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Van der Linden & Moolenbeek, 2000 - Caecum cooperiCaecum cooperiCaecum cooperi, common name the Cooper's Atlantic caecum, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
S. Smith, 1860 - Cooper's Atlantic caecum - Caecum corrugatulum Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum crassumCaecum crassumCaecum crassum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1870 - Caecum crebricinctum CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1864 - many-named caecum - Caecum crispum Verrill & Bush, 1900
- Caecum cubitatum (de Folin, 1868) - smooth caecum
- Caecum cuspidatumCaecum cuspidatumCaecum cuspidatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Chaster, 1896 - Caecum cycloferumCaecum cycloferumCaecum cycloferum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - fatlip caecum - Caecum dalli Bartsch, 1920
- Caecum debile Verrill & Bush, 1900
- Caecum delicatulum Verrill & Bush, 1900
- Caecum derjugini Golikov, 1967
- Caecum dextroversum P. P. Carpenter, 1858
- Caecum digitulumCaecum digitulumCaecum digitulum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.- Further reading :...
Hedley, 1904 - Caecum diminutum C. B. Adams, 1852
- Caecum donmoorei Mitchell-Tapping, 1979
- Caecum eburneum C. B. Adams, 1852
- Caecum elegantissimumCaecum elegantissimumCaecum elegantissimum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Carpenter, 1859 - Caecum eliezeri Absalao, 1997
- Caecum elongatum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum engliCaecum engliCaecum engli is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Nofroni, Pizzini, Oliverio, 1997 - Caecum eunoiCaecum eunoiCaecum eunoi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Nofroni, Pizzini, Oliverio, 1997 - Caecum exile de Folin, 1875
- Caecum farcimen P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum firmatum C. B. Adams, 1852
- Caecum floridanumCaecum floridanumCaecum floridanum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Stimpson, 1851 - Florida caecum - Caecum glabella A. Adams, 1868
- Caecum glabriforme Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum glabrumCaecum glabrumCaecum glabrum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
(Montagu, 1803) - Caecum gofasiCaecum gofasiCaecum gofasi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Pizzini & Nofroni, 2001 - Caecum greensboroense Martin, 1904
- Caecum gulosum Hedley, 1899
- Caecum gurgulio CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1858 - windpipe caecum - Caecum hemphilli Bartsch, 1920
- Caecum heptagonum (Bartsch, 1920)
- Caecum heterapex T. Habe, 1963
- Caecum heterochromumCaecum heterochromumCaecum heterochromum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Raines & Pizzini, 2005 - Caecum imbricatumCaecum imbricatumCaecum imbricatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1858 - imbricate caecum - Caecum imperforatum Kanamacher, 1798 (nomen dubium)
- Caecum inclinatumCaecum inclinatumCaecum inclinatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1869 - Caecum infimum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum inflatum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum inhacaense Albano & Pizzini 2011
- Caecum insculptum Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum insularumCaecum insularumCaecum insularum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Moore, 1969 - Caecum irregulare de Folin, 1867
- Caecum japonicum (Habe, 1978)
- Caecum johnsoniCaecum johnsoniCaecum johnsoni, common name the Johnson's caecum, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Winkley, 1908 - Caecum jonataniCaecum jonataniCaecum jonatani is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garcés, 2007 - Caecum jucundum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum laeve C.B. Adams, 1852
- Caecum laqueatum C. B. Adams, 1852
- Caecum limnetes Long, 1972
- Caecum limpidum de Folin, 1874
- Caecum lineicinctum de Folin, 1880
- Caecum liratocinctum CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1857 - Caecum lohri Strong & Hertlein, 1939
- Caecum macrumCaecum macrumCaecum macrum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Van der Linden & Moolenbeek, 2000 - Caecum magellanicum di Geronimo, Privitera & Valdovinos, 1995
- Caecum malleatum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum mammilatum P. P. Carpenter, 1865
- Caecum maoriCaecum maoriCaecum maori is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Pizzini & Raines, 2006 - Caecum marginatumCaecum marginatumCaecum marginatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1869 - Caecum marmoratum de Folin, 1869
- Caecum massambabense Absalao, 1994
- Caecum mauritianum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum mexicanum Collins, 1937
- Caecum microcyclus de Folin, 1879
- Caecum mirificum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum modestum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum monstrosum C. B. Adams, 1852
- Caecum multicostatumCaecum multicostatumCaecum multicostatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - Caecum neocaledonicum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum oahuense H. A. Pilsbry, 1921
- Caecum obtusum Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum occidentale (Bartsch, 1920) - western caecum
- Caecum orcutti (Dall, 1885)
- Caecum paradoxum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum parvum C. B. Adams, 1852
- Caecum pascuanumCaecum pascuanumCaecum pascuanum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Raines & Pizzini, 2005 - Caecum patuxentium Martin, 1904
- Caecum plicatumCaecum plicatumCaecum plicatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1858 - plicate caecum - Caecum pollicareCaecum pollicareCaecum pollicare is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Carpenter, 1859 - Caecum profundicolum Bartsch, 1920 - deepwater caecum
- Caecum properegulare Mansfield, 1925
- Caecum pulchellumCaecum pulchellumCaecum pulchellum, common name the beautiful caecum, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Stimpson, 1851 - beautiful caecum - Caecum puntagordanum Weisbord, 1962
- Caecum pygmaeum C. B. Adams, 1852
- Caecum quadratum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum rapanuienseCaecum rapanuienseCaecum rapanuiense is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Raines & Pizzini, 2005 - Caecum regulareCaecum regulareCaecum regulare is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1858 - Caecum rehderiCaecum rehderiCaecum rehderi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Raines & Pizzini, 2005 - Caecum reversum Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum richthofeni A. M. Strong & J. G. Hertlein, 1939
- Caecum rijgersmai Jong & Coomans, 1988
- Caecum rosanum Bartsch, 1920
- Caecum ruggerii Pizzini, 1997
- Caecum rugulosum Phil, 1836
- Caecum ryssotitumCaecum ryssotitumCaecum ryssotitum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - minute caecum - Caecum searleswoodii Carpenter, 1859
- Caecum senegambianum de Folin, 1870
- Caecum semilaeve P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum sepimentum de Folin, 1868
- Caecum sinuatum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum skoglundaeCaecum skoglundaeCaecum skoglundae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Pizzini, Raines & Nofroni, 2007 - Caecum smriglioiCaecum smriglioiCaecum smriglioi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Pizzini, Nofroni & Bonfitto, 2008 - Caecum striatumCaecum striatumCaecum striatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1875 - Caecum strictum de Folin, 1871
- Caecum strigosumCaecum strigosumCaecum strigosum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1868 - Caecum subannulatumCaecum subannulatumCaecum subannulatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1870 - Caecum subconicum Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum subflavum de Folin, 1879
- Caecum subimpressum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum subobsoletum Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum subornatumCaecum subornatumCaecum subornatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1874 - Caecum subspirale Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum subvolutumCaecum subvolutumCaecum subvolutum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1874 - Caecum succineum de Folin, 1879
- Caecum swinneniCaecum swinneniCaecum swinneni is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Nofroni, Pizzini, Oliverio, 1997 - Caecum taeniatum de Folin, 1869
- Caecum tenue Verrill & Bush, 1900
- Caecum tenuicostatum de Folin, 1881
- Caecum tenuiliratum Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum teres Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum textileCaecum textileCaecum textile is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - textile caecum - Caecum tornatum Verrill & Bush, 1900
- Caecum torquetumCaecum torquetumCaecum torquetum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - Caecum tortile Dall, 1892 - twisted caecum
- Caecum tracheaCaecum tracheaCaecum trachea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.-Description:The shell size varies between 2 mm and 4 mm-Distribution:...
G. Montagu, 1803 - Caecum troglodyta Moolenbeek, Faber & Iliffe, 1989
- Caecum uncinatum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum undatum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Caecum varanoiCaecum varanoiCaecum varanoi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Pizzini, Nofroni & Bonfitto, 2008 - Caecum variegatum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum venosum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum veraiCaecum veraiCaecum verai is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Moreno, Peñas & Rolán, 2003 - Caecum vertebrale Ch. Hedley, 1899
- Caecum vicinum de Folin, 1870
- Caecum vitreumCaecum vitreumCaecum vitreum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
P. P. Carpenter, 1858 - Caecum wamiCaecum wamiCaecum wami is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Raines & Pizzini, 2009 - Caecum wayaeCaecum wayaeCaecum wayae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Pizzini & Nofroni, 2001 - Caecum zaagmani Jong and Coomans, 1988
Subgenera brought into synonymy :
- Caecum (Defolinia) Weisbord, 1962 : synonym of Caecum Fleming, 1813
- Caecum (Meioceras) Carpenter, 1859 : synonym of MeiocerasMeiocerasMeioceras is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.-Species:Species within the genus Meioceras include:* Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1858* Meioceras cubitatum Folin, 1868...
Carpenter, 1859
Species brought into synonymy :
- Caecum annulatum Emmons, 1858: synonym of Caecum floridanum Stimpson, 1851
- Caecum berthae Lange de Morretes, 1954 : synonym of Caecum plicatum Carpenter, 1858
- Caecum biminicola Pilsbry, 1951 : synonym of Caecum plicatum Carpenter, 1858
- Caecum buccina de Folin, 1870 : synonym of Caecum circumvolutum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum bucheri Parenzan, 1979 : synonym of Filogranula annulata (O. G. Costa, 1861)
- Caecum butoti Jong & Coomans, 1988 : synonym of Caecum marmoratum de Folin, 1869
- Caecum capitanum de Folin, 1874 : synonym of Caecum pulchellum Stimpson, 1851
- Caecum carmenense de Folin, 1870 : synonym of Caecum circumvolutum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum cayoense Rehder, 1943 : synonym of Caecum floridanum Stimpson, 1851
- Caecum clenchi Olsson & McGinty, 1958 : synonym of Caecum cycloferum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum conjunctum de Folin, 1867 : synonym of Caecum pulchellum Stimpson, 1851
- Caecum contractum de Folin, 1870 : synonym of Caecum bipartitum de Folin, 1870
- Caecum corneum R. W. Dunker, 1875 : synonym of Caecum ryssotitumCaecum ryssotitumCaecum ryssotitum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - Caecum cornucopiae (CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1858) - horn-of-plenty caecum : synonym of Meioceras cornucopiaeMeioceras cornucopiaeMeioceras cornucopiae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Carpenter, 1859 - Caecum coronatum de Folin, 1867 : synonym of Caecum imbricatum Carpenter, 1858
- Caecum coronellum Dall, 1892 : synonym of Caecum cycloferum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum costatum A.E. Verrill, 1872: synonym of Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860
- Caecum crassicostum Gabb, 1881 : synonym of Caecum floridanum Stimpson, 1851
- Caecum curtatum de Folin, 1867 : synonym of Caecum pulchellum Stimpson, 1851
- Caecum decussatum de Folin, 1869 : synonym of Caecum plicatum Carpenter, 1858
- Caecum dux de Folin, 1871 : synonym of Caecum floridanum Stimpson, 1851
- Caecum elagans Deregaslavtseva, 1891 : synonym of Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
- Caecum elegans Perejoslavitseva, 1831 : synonym of Caecum tracheaCaecum tracheaCaecum trachea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.-Description:The shell size varies between 2 mm and 4 mm-Distribution:...
(Montagu, 1803) - Caecum fasciatum de Folin, 1876 : synonym of Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
- Caecum formulosum de Folin, 1869 : synonym of Caecum imbricatum Carpenter, 1858
- Caecum fulvum Kisch, 1959 : synonym of Caecum neocaledonicum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum heladum Olsson and Harbison, 1953 - fine-line caecum : synonym of Caecum multicostatumCaecum multicostatumCaecum multicostatum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - Caecum hinoidei T. Habe, 1978 : synonym of Caecum neocaledonicum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum insigne de Folin, 1867 : synonym of Caecum imbricatum Carpenter, 1858
- Caecum instructum de Folin, 1870 : synonym of Caecum bipartitum de Folin, 1870
- Caecum legumen Hedley, 1904 : synonym of Meioceras legumen (Hedley, 1904)
- Caecum leptoglyphos de Folin, 1881 : synonym of Caecum textile de Folin, 1867
- Caecum lermondi Dall, 1924 : synonym of Meioceras nitidumMeioceras nitidumMeioceras nitidum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
(Stimpson, 1851) - Caecum lightfootae Pizzini, Nofroni, Oliverio, 1994 : synonym of Caecum atlantidisCaecum atlantidisCaecum atlantidis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Watson, 1897 - Caecum lilianum Ch. Hedley, 1903 : synonym of Caecum sepimentum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum maculatum T. Habe, 1963 : synonym of Caecum sepimentum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum nitidum Stimpson, 1851 - little horn caecum : synonym of Meioceras nitidumMeioceras nitidumMeioceras nitidum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
(Stimpson, 1851) - Caecum obesum Verrill & Bush, 1900 : synonym of Caecum plicatum Carpenter, 1858
- Caecum orientale de Folin, 1868 : synonym of Caecum clarkii Carpenter, 1859
- Caecum phronimum de Folin, 1867 : synonym of Caecum floridanum Stimpson, 1851
- Caecum putnamense Mansfield, 1924 : synonym of Caecum johnsoni Winkley, 1908
- Caecum rotundum de Folin, 1868 : synonym of Meioceras nitidumMeioceras nitidumMeioceras nitidum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
(Stimpson, 1851) - Caecum saavedrae Beltran, 1965 : synonym of Caecum auriculatum de Folin, 1868
- Caecum sardinianum de Folin, 1869 : synonym of Caecum clarkiiCaecum clarkiiCaecum clarkii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.-Distribution:This species is distributed in European waters from the Netherlands to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea.-References:...
Carpenter, 1859 - Caecum sculptum de Folin, 1881 : synonym of Caecum imbricatum Carpenter, 1858
- Caecum semitracheum S. Brusina, 1865 : synonym of Caecum clarkiiCaecum clarkiiCaecum clarkii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.-Distribution:This species is distributed in European waters from the Netherlands to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea.-References:...
Carpenter, 1859 - Caecum smithi Cooper, 1872 : synonym of Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860
- Caecum solitarium Oliver, 1915 : synonym of Caecum maoriCaecum maoriCaecum maori is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
Pizzini & Raines, 2006 - Caecum syriacum de Folin, 1869 : synonym of Caecum auriculatum de Folin, 1868
- Caecum termes Heilprin, 1889 : synonym of Caecum plicatum Carpenter, 1858
- Caecum tomaculum (Weisbord, 1962) : synonym of Caecum ryssotitumCaecum ryssotitumCaecum ryssotitum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - Caecum triornatum de Folin, 1870 : synonym of Caecum bipartitum de Folin, 1870
- Caecum veracruzanum Collins, 1937 : synonym of Caecum circumvolutumCaecum circumvolutumCaecum circumvolutum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867 - Caecum vestitum de Folin, 1868 - Vera Cruz caecum : synonym of Caecum circumvolutumCaecum circumvolutumCaecum circumvolutum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae....
de Folin, 1867
Nomina dubia
Nomen dubium
In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...
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- Caecum abreviatum de Folin, 1870
- Caecum bicinctum de Folin, 1870
- Caecum hemisphericum de Folin, 1867
- Caecum imperforatum (Kanmacher, 1798)
External links
- Moore, Donald R., The Systematic Position of the Family Caecidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) , Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 12, Number 4, 1962 ,pp. 695-701(7)
- Moore, Donald R., Ecological and Systematic Notes on Caecidae from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 22, Number 4, December 1972 , pp. 881-899(19)
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1 - Shell-bearing Mollusca: : Caecidae
- Malacolog Version 4.1.0 : A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
- The Paleobiology Database : Classification of the Caecidae