Caecum armoricum
| Caecum armoricum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Caecidae |
| Genus: | Caecum |
| Species: | C. armoricum |
| Binomial name | |
| Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Caecum armoricum, common name the DeFolin's lagoon snail, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:
- European waters
- Mediterranean Sea : Greece
- Atlantic Ocean: Azores Cape Verdes
References
- 1 2 Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869. Gofas, S. (2009). Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138945 on 7 April 2012.
- Hoeksema D.F. & Segers W. (1993) On the systematics and distribution of the marine gastropod Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869 (Prosobranchia, Caecidae). Gloria Maris 31(6): 79-88.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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