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

Caecum J. Fleming, 1813

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Brochina Gray, 1857 synonym
Brochus T. Brown, 1827 synonym
Caecum (Brochina) J. E. Gray, 1857 synonym; alternate representation
Caecum (Caecum) J. Fleming, 1813 synonym; alternate representation
Odontidium R. A. Philippi, 1836 synonym

Children

Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869
Caecum atlantidis R. B. Watson, 1897
Caecum auriculatum de Folin, 1868
Caecum clarkii P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Caecum cuspidatum Chaster, 1896
Caecum elegantissimum P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Caecum engli Nofroni, Pizzini & Oliverio, 1997
Caecum eunoi Nofroni, Pizzini & Oliverio, 1997
Caecum glabrum (Montagu, 1803)
Caecum gofasi Pizzini & Nofroni, 2001
Caecum imperforatum Kanmacher, 1798
Caecum pollicare P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Caecum searleswoodii P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Caecum sepimentum de Folin, 1868
Caecum subannulatum de Folin, 1870
Caecum swinneni Nofroni, Pizzini & Oliverio, 1997
Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Caecum vitreum P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Caecum wayae Pizzini & Nofroni, 2001

Literature

original description

Fleming, J. (1813). Conchology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. 7: 55-107, pls. 203-206.

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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caecum J. Fleming, 1813. 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:137718

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2023-08-13 by Henk Dekker

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