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Caecum trachea

Caecum trachea
Caecum trachea 001.jpg
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
  • 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.

The shell size varies between 2 mm and 4 mm

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



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