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 pollicare P. P. Carpenter, 1859

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	Carpenter, P. P. (1858-1859). First steps towards a monograph of the Caecidae, a family of rostriferous Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1858) 26: 413-432 [14 Dec. 1858], 433-444 [Jan. to May 1859].
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	Nofroni, I.; Pizzini, M.; Oliverio, M. (1997). Contribution to the knowledge of the family Caecidae. 3. Revision of the Caecidae of the Canary Islands (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Argonauta. 10 (7-12): 3-32.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caecum pollicare 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:138953