Caecum trachea

Caecum trachea
shell of Caecum trachea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Caecidae
Genus:	Caecum
Species:	C. trachea
Binomial name
Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
Brochus striatus T. Brown, 1827 Brochus trachiformis T. Brown, 1827 Caecum elagans Deregaslavtseva, 1891 Caecum elegans Periaslavzev 1891 (? Dubious synonym) Caecum fasciatum de Folin, 1876 Caecum fasciatum var. intaminata de Folin, 1876 Caecum trachea var. obsoleta Carpenter, 1859 Dentalium imperforatum Kanmacher, 1798 (dubious synonym) Odontidium rugulosum Philippi, 1836

Caecum trachea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 2 mm and 4 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed on rocky shores in European waters from Norway to the Canaries, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Black Sea

References

1. Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803). Gofas, S. (2009). Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138957 on 4 February 2011.

• 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
• 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

External links

• Gastropods.com : Caecum tracheum tracheum; accessed : 4 February 2011