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Caecum J. Fleming, 1813

Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 3.0 mm).

AphiaID

137718 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137718)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Caecidae J. E. Gray, 1850

Parent

Caecinae J. E. Gray, 1850

Original name

Caecum J. Fleming, 1813

Synonymised names

Caecum (Anellum) P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · alternative representation

Caecum (Bambusum) Olsson & Harbison, 1954 · alternative representation

Caecum (Brochina) J. E. Gray, 1857 · alternative representation

Caecum (Caecum) J. Fleming, 1813 · alternative representation

Caecum (Elephantulum) P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · alternative representation

Caecum (Fartulum) P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · alternative representation

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Species Caecum aartseni Van Dingenen, Ceulemans & Landau, 2016 †
Species Caecum achirona (de Folin, 1867)
Species Caecum adamsi Raines, 2020
Species Caecum amputatum Hedley, 1894
Species Caecum amydroglyptum Rehder, 1980
Species Caecum angustum de Folin, 1886
Species Caecum annulatum Emmons, 1858
Species Caecum antillarum P. P. Carpenter, 1858
Species Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869
Species Caecum atlantidis R. B. Watson, 1897
Species Caecum attenuatum de Folin, 1880
Species Caecum auriculatum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum austrafricanum Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015
Species Caecum australe Pizzini & Raines, 2011
Species Caecum banoni Benoist, 1874 †
Species Caecum bathus Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
Species Caecum benhami Goedert & Raines, 2016 †
Species Caecum bensoni Goedert & Raines, 2016 †
Species Caecum bimamillatum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum bimarginatum P. P. Carpenter, 1858
Species Caecum biomaglo Vannozzi, 2023
Species Caecum bipartitum de Folin, 1870
Species Caecum borneoense de Folin, 1879
Species Caecum bounty Pizzini & Raines, 2011
Species Caecum brasilicum de Folin, 1874
Species Caecum brennani Raines & Pizzini, 2009
Species Caecum breve de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum bucerium (A. N. Golikov, 1967)
Species Caecum californicum Dall, 1885
Species Caecum campanulatum Raines & Pizzini, 2005
Species Caecum carolinianum Dall, 1892
Species Caecum carpenteri Deshayes, 1861 †
Species Caecum caverna Moolenbeek, Faber & Iliffe, 1989
Species Caecum chilense Stuardo, 1962
Species Caecum chinense de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum cinctum Olsson & Harbison, 1953
Species Caecum circumvolutum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum clarkii P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum clarum E. Lamy, 1909
Species Caecum clathratum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum clava de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum cocoense Sibaja-Cordero, García-Méndez & Troncoso, 2013
Species Caecum codoceoae Gálvez & Huidobro, 2017
Species Caecum condylum D. R. Moore, 1969
Species Caecum continens van der Linden & Moolenbeek, 2000
Species Caecum cooki Pizzini & Raines, 2011
Species Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860
Species Caecum cornigerum (Morellet & Morellet, 1943) †
Species Caecum corrugulatum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum crassum de Folin, 1870
Species Caecum crebricinctum P. P. Carpenter, 1866
Species Caecum crispum A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900
Species Caecum crystallinum de Folin, 1880
Species Caecum cuspidatum Chaster, 1896
Species Caecum cycloferum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum dakuwaqa Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
Species Caecum danielei Pizzini & Raines, 2011
Species Caecum debile A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900
Species Caecum delicatulum A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900
Species Caecum derjugini (A. N. Golikov, 1967)
Species Caecum dextroversum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum digitulum Hedley, 1904
Species Caecum diminutum C. B. Adams, 1852
Species Caecum directum Vannozzi, 2019
Species Caecum donmoorei Mitchell-Tapping, 1979
Species Caecum draperi Raines, 2020
Species Caecum dux de Folin, 1871
Species Caecum egenum Vannozzi, 2017
Species Caecum elegantissimum P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum eliezeri Absalão, 1997
Species Caecum elongatum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum engli Nofroni, Pizzini & Oliverio, 1997
Species Caecum eunoi Nofroni, Pizzini & Oliverio, 1997
Species Caecum exile de Folin, 1880
Species Caecum fijiense Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
Species Caecum fimbratum Folin & Bérillon, 1874 †
Species Caecum firmatum C. B. Adams, 1852
Species Caecum floridanum W. Stimpson, 1851
Species Caecum folini Kisch, 1959
Species Caecum frugi Vannozzi, 2019
Species Caecum galapagoense Raines, 2020
Species Caecum geigeri Pizzini & Raines, 2011
Species Caecum glabriforme P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum glabrum (Montagu, 1803)
Species Caecum gofasi Pizzini & Nofroni, 2001
Species Caecum granulatum Vannozzi, 2019
Species Caecum gulosum Hedley, 1899
Species Caecum gurgulio P. P. Carpenter, 1858
Species Caecum heladum Olsson & Harbison, 1953 †
Species Caecum heptagonum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum heterochromum Raines & Pizzini, 2005
Species Caecum houdasi Cossmann, 1907 †
Species Caecum hyalinum Vannozzi, 2022
Species Caecum imbricatum P. P. Carpenter, 1858
Species Caecum incisum Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015
Species Caecum inclinatum de Folin, 1869
Species Caecum infimum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum inflatulum Vannozzi, 2017
Species Caecum inflatum de Folin, 1869
Species Caecum inhacaense Albano & Pizzini, 2011
Species Caecum insculptum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum insularum D. R. Moore, 1969
Species Caecum intortum Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015
Species Caecum invisibile Egger & Jörger, 2020
Species Caecum iricolor Vannozzi, 2023
Species Caecum japonicum (Habe, 1978)
Species Caecum johnsoni Winkley, 1908
Species Caecum jonatani Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007
Species Caecum jonesae Swinnen & Simone, 2024
Species Caecum jucundum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum knysnaense Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015
Species Caecum kontiki Pizzini & Raines, 2011
Species Caecum laeve C. B. Adams, 1852
Species Caecum lapita Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
Species Caecum laqueatum C. B. Adams, 1852
Species Caecum larieyense Lozouet, Lesport & Renard, 2001 †
Species Caecum leilae Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015
Species Caecum lightfootanum Raines, 2020
Species Caecum limnetes G. E. Long, 1972
Species Caecum limpidum de Folin, 1874
Species Caecum lindae Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015
Species Caecum lineicinctum de Folin, 1880
Species Caecum loyaltense Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
Species Caecum lozoueti Vannozzi & Renda, 2024
Species Caecum lucidum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum macrum van der Linden & Moolenbeek, 2000
Species Caecum magellanicum (di Geronimo, Privitera & Valdovinos, 1995)
Species Caecum mammillatum S. V. Wood, 1848 †
Species Caecum maori Pizzini & Raines, 2006
Species Caecum maraisi Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015
Species Caecum marginatum de Folin, 1869
Species Caecum marmoratum de Folin, 1869
Species Caecum massambabense Absalão, 1994
Species Caecum mauritianum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum metamorphosicum S. Lima, Santos & Absalão, 2013
Species Caecum microannulatum Vannozzi & Renda, 2024
Species Caecum microstriatum Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
Species Caecum miliarium Vannozzi & Renda, 2024
Species Caecum mineuri Lozouet, 1999 †
Species Caecum mirificum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum modestum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum moorei (Marincovich, 1973)
Species Caecum morelletorum Gougerot & Le Renard, 1978 †
Species Caecum morgan Vannozzi, Pizzini & Raines, 2015
Species Caecum multicostatum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum musorstomi Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
Species Caecum nasutum Vannozzi, 2019
Species Caecum nemoralis Lozouet, 2015 †
Species Caecum neocaledonicum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum neoguineanum Vannozzi, 2019
Species Caecum nofronii Vannozzi, 2019
Species Caecum novallecense Cossmann, 1907 †
Species Caecum oahuense Pilsbry, 1921
Species Caecum orcutti Dall, 1885
Species Caecum paradoxum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum parvum C. B. Adams, 1852
Species Caecum pascuanum Raines & Pizzini, 2005
Species Caecum pertenuis Laws, 1941 †
Species Caecum planum de Folin, 1874
Species Caecum plicatum P. P. Carpenter, 1858
Species Caecum pollicare P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum praebanoni Gougerot, 1977 †
Species Caecum praegrande Vannozzi, 2017
Species Caecum pseudoglabrum Gougerot, 1977 †
Species Caecum pulchellum W. Stimpson, 1851
Species Caecum pygmaeum (Defrance, 1819) †
Species Caecum quadratum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum rapanuiense Raines & Pizzini, 2005
Species Caecum regulare P. P. Carpenter, 1858
Species Caecum rehderi Raines & Pizzini, 2005
Species Caecum restrictum Vannozzi & Renda, 2024
Species Caecum reversum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum rijgersmai De Jong & Coomans, 1988
Species Caecum roederi Raines, C. L. Powell & LaFollette, 2023 †
Species Caecum rolani Pizzini & Nofroni, 2001
Species Caecum rostratum de Folin, 1881
Species Caecum ryssotitum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum searleswoodii P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum semicinctum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum semilaeve P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum senegambianum de Folin, 1870
Species Caecum sepimentum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum shaskyi Raines, 2020
Species Caecum simplicissimum Thiele, 1925
Species Caecum sinuatum de Folin, 1879
Species Caecum skoglundae Pizzini, Raines & Nofroni, 2007
Species Caecum smriglioi Pizzini, Nofroni & Bonfitto, 2008
Species Caecum someri (de Folin, 1867)
Species Caecum spiculum Raines, 2020
Species Caecum spinosum de Folin, 1873
Species Caecum strangulatum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum striatum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum strictum de Folin, 1871
Species Caecum strigosum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum subannulatum de Folin, 1870
Species Caecum subaustrale Stuardo, 1970
Species Caecum subcylindratum Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
Species Caecum subflavum de Folin, 1880
Species Caecum subquadratum P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum subspirale P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum subvolutum de Folin, 1874
Species Caecum succineum de Folin, 1880
Species Caecum superbum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum swinneni Nofroni, Pizzini & Oliverio, 1997
Species Caecum tahitianum Pizzini & Raines, 2011
Species Caecum temporale Vannozzi & Renda, 2024
Species Caecum tenue A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900
Species Caecum tenuicostatum de Folin, 1881
Species Caecum tenuistriatum O. Boettger, 1869 †
Species Caecum teres P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum textile de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum thionvillense Gougerot & Le Renard, 1984 †
Species Caecum tornatum A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900
Species Caecum torquetum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum tortile Dall, 1892
Species Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Species Caecum trindadense S. Lima, Santos & Absalão, 2013
Species Caecum troglodyta Moolenbeek, Faber & Iliffe, 1989
Species Caecum tumidum P. P. Carpenter, 1858 †
Species Caecum vanuatuarum Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
Species Caecum varanoi Pizzini, Nofroni & Bonfitto, 2008
Species Caecum variegatum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum venosum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum venustum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum verai J. A. Moreno, Peñas & Rolán, 2003 †
Species Caecum vertebrale Hedley, 1899
Species Caecum vicinum de Folin, 1870
Species Caecum virginiae Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
Species Caecum vitreum P. P. Carpenter, 1859
Species Caecum wakense Raines & Vannozzi, 2024
Species Caecum wami Raines & Pizzini, 2009
Species Caecum wayae Pizzini & Nofroni, 2001
Species Caecum zaagmani De Jong & Coomans, 1988
Subgenus Caecum (Strebloceras) P. P. Carpenter, 1859 accepted as Strebloceras P. P. Carpenter, 1859
1. Species Caecum (Strebloceras) edwardsi Deshayes, 1861 † accepted as Strebloceras edwardsi (Deshayes, 1861) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Caecum lituus Deshayes, 1861 † accepted as Strebloceras lituus (Deshayes, 1861) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Caecum mamillatum † accepted as Caecum mammillatum S. V. Wood, 1848 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Caecum nitidum W. Stimpson, 1851 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Caecum occidentale (Bartsch, 1920) accepted as Caecum dextroversum P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Species Caecum puntagordanum Weisbord, 1962 † accepted as Caecum floridanum W. Stimpson, 1851
Subgenus Caecum (Anellum) P. P. Carpenter, 1857 represented as Caecum J. Fleming, 1813
Subgenus Caecum (Bambusum) Olsson & Harbison, 1954 represented as Caecum J. Fleming, 1813
Subgenus Caecum (Brochina) J. E. Gray, 1857 represented as Caecum J. Fleming, 1813
1. Species Caecum (Brochina) achirona (de Folin, 1867) represented as Caecum achirona (de Folin, 1867)
2. Species Caecum (Brochina) banoni Benoist, 1874 † represented as Caecum banoni Benoist, 1874 †
3. Species Caecum (Brochina) digitulum Hedley, 1904 represented as Caecum digitulum Hedley, 1904
4. Species Caecum (Brochina) glabrum (Montagu, 1803) represented as Caecum glabrum (Montagu, 1803)
5. Species Caecum (Brochina) maori Pizzini & Raines, 2006 represented as Caecum maori Pizzini & Raines, 2006
6. Species Caecum (Brochina) pertenuis Laws, 1941 † represented as Caecum pertenuis Laws, 1941 †
Subgenus Caecum (Caecum) J. Fleming, 1813 represented as Caecum J. Fleming, 1813
1. Species Caecum (Caecum) trachea (Montagu, 1803) represented as Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Subgenus Caecum (Elephantulum) P. P. Carpenter, 1857 represented as Caecum J. Fleming, 1813
1. Species Caecum (Elephantulum) berthae Lange de Morretes, 1954 represented as Caecum plicatum P. P. Carpenter, 1858
Subgenus Caecum (Fartulum) P. P. Carpenter, 1857 represented as Caecum J. Fleming, 1813
Subgenus Caecum (Prolongicaecum) Strausz, 1964 † (uncertain > unassessed)
1. Species Caecum (Prolongicaecum) prolongatum Strausz, 1964 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Caecum annulatum Gabb, 1873 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Caecum constrictum Gabb, 1873 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Caecum imperforatum Kanmacher, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Caecum miocenicum Benoist, 1874 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Caecum saucatsense Benoist, 1874 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Fleming, J. (1813). Conchology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. 7: 55-107, pls. 203-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187234
page(s): 67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caecum J. Fleming, 1813. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137718 on 2025-05-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Caecum J. Fleming, 1813. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137718 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2018-04-11 16:18:46Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-10-23 14:29:52Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2023-08-13 10:08:16Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

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original description Fleming, J. (1813). Conchology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. 7: 55-107, pls. 203-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187234
page(s): 67 [details]

original description (of Caecum (Anellum) P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252 [details]

original description (of Caecum (Bambusum) Olsson & Harbison, 1954) Olsson, A. A. & Harbison, A. (1954). ANSP Monograph 8: Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Addendum & Corrigendum. The Nautilus. 68(2): 71-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516552 [details]

original description (of Caecum (Fartulum) P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 325. [details]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q1.38 [details]