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 clarkii P. P. Carpenter, 1859

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Caecum J. Fleming, 1813

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

Species group names

*Caecum orientale*	de Folin, 1868	synonym
*Caecum sardinianum*	de Folin, 1870	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	van Aartsen J. J. & Fehr-de Wal M. C. (1975). A critical examination of Caecum clarkii Carpenter, 1858. Basteria. 39(3-6): 81-86.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caecum clarkii P. P. Carpenter, 1859. 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:138948