Caecum clarkii

Caecum clarkii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Caecidae
Genus: Caecum
Species: C. clarkii
Binomial name
Caecum clarkii
Carpenter, 1859
Synonyms[1]
  • Caecum orientale de Folin, 1868 (dubious synonym)
  • Caecum sardinianum de Folin, 1870
  • Caecum semitracheum Monterosato, 1884
  • Caecum vitreum var. clarkii Carpenter, 1859 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 1 mm and 2 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters from the Netherlands to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Caecum clarkii Carpenter, 1859. Gofas, S. (2009). Caecum clarkii Carpenter, 1859. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138948 on5 February 2011.

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