African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

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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

Direct children (18)

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Species Caecum annulatum Emmons, 1858
Species Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869
Species Caecum auriculatum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum clarum E. Lamy, 1909
Species Caecum crassum de Folin, 1870
Species Caecum floridanum W. Stimpson, 1851
Species Caecum glabrum (Montagu, 1803)
Species Caecum inclinatum de Folin, 1869
Species Caecum laeve C. B. Adams, 1852
Species Caecum marginatum de Folin, 1869
Species Caecum mauritianum de Folin, 1867
Species Caecum neocaledonicum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum pulchellum W. Stimpson, 1851
Species Caecum sepimentum de Folin, 1868
Species Caecum subannulatum de Folin, 1870
Species Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Species Caecum curtatum de Folin, 1867 accepted as Caecum pulchellum W. Stimpson, 1851
Species Caecum subornatum de Folin, 1869 accepted as Caecum laeve C. B. Adams, 1852

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: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137718 on 2025-11-08

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Caecum J. Fleming, 1813. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137718 on 2025-11-08

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

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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]

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]