Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Truncatelloidea > Family Caecidae > Subfamily Caecinae > Genus Caecum

Caecum sepimentum de Folin, 1868

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Caecum*	J. Fleming, 1813	accepted genus name
*Brochina*	Gray, 1857	synonym
*Brochus*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Caecum (Brochina)*	J. E. Gray, 1857	synonym
*Caecum (Caecum)*	J. Fleming, 1813	synonym
*Odontidium*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym

Literature

original description	Folin L. de & Périer L. (1867-1887). Les fonds de la mer. Paris: Savy. 4 volumes. Dates after Rehder (1946), Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 27: 74-75. Vol. 1: 1-48 (1867), 49-112 (1868), 113-176 (1869), 177-256 (1870), 257-272 (1872), pls 1-32; Vol. 2: 1-64 (1872), 65-112 (1873), 113-124 (1874), 125-160 (1875), 161-208 (1873), 209-304 (1874), 305-360 (1875), 361-365 (1876), pls 1-11; Vol. 3: 1-96 (1876), 97-208 (1877), 209-304 (1879), 305-337 (1880), pls 1-9; Vol. 4: 1-32 (1881), 33-148 (1881-1884), 149-192 (1884-1887), 192-240 (1887), pls 1-15. Dates for plates not exactly known.
additional source	Vannozzi A. (2017). The family Caecidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Central Philippines. Bollettino Malacologico. 53(2): 121-149.
additional source	Vannozzi, A. (2023). The Caecidae from BIOMAGLO Expedition in the Mayotte-Glorieuses area (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoosystema. 45(12): 421-434.
additional source	Pizzini, M.; Raines, B.; Vannozzi, A. (2013). The family Caecidae in the South-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Bollettino Malacologico. 49(10): 1-78.
additional source	Vannozzi A., Pizzini M. & Raines B. (2015). Revision of South African Caecidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). African Invertebrates. 56(1): 99-136.
additional source	Albano, P. G.; Pizzini, M. (2011). Notes on Caecidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from southern Mozambique, with the description of a new species. African Invertebrates. 52(1): 1-10.
additional source	Pizzini M. & Raines B. (2011) The Caecidae from French Polynesia with description of eight new species (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Bollettino Malacologico 47: 23-46. [30 June 2011]

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caecum sepimentum de Folin, 1868. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545358