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
	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

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

^ ^a ^b 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

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