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 trachea (Montagu, 1803)

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

Species group names

*Brochus striatus*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Brochus trachiformis*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Caecum elegans*	Perejaslavtseva, 1891	synonym
*Caecum fasciatum*	de Folin, 1876	synonym
*Caecum fasciatum var. intaminata*	de Folin, 1876	synonym
*Caecum semitrachea*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Caecum trachea var. obsoleta*	P. P. Carpenter, 1859	synonym
*Dentalium trachea*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Odontidium rugulosum*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	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	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803). 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:138957