Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Truncatelloidea > Family Caecidae > Genus Caecum

Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Caecum*	Fleming, 1813	accepted genus name
*Brochina*	Gray, 1857	synonym
*Brochus*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Caecum (Brochina)*	Gray, 1857	synonym
*Caecum (Caecum)*	Fleming, 1813	synonym
*Odontidium*	Philippi, 1836	synonym

Species group names

*Caecum tenue*	Milaschevitsch, 1912	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Brochina incompta*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Caecum tenue*	Milaschevitsch, 1912	synonym; nom. inval.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: DeFolin's lagoon snail sources: BIOTIC

English-United States: Defolin's Lagoon Snail

Literature

original description	de Folin L. & Périer L. (1867-1887). Les Fonds de la Mer. Savy, Paris. vol. 1, p. 1-48 (1867), 49-112 (1868), 113-176 (1869), 177-256 (1870), 257-272 (1872), pl. 1-32 vol. 2, p. 1-64 (1872), 65-112 (1873), 113-124 (1874), 125-160 (1875), 161-208 (1873), 209-304 (1874), 305-360 (1875), 361-365 (1876), pl. 1-11 vol. 3, p. 1-96 (1876), 97-208 (1877), 209-304 (1879), 305-337 (1880), pl. 1-9 vol. 4, p. 1-32 (1881), 33-148 (1881-1884), 149-192 (1884-1887), 192-224 (May-Jul 1887), 225-240 (Jul-Aug 1887), pl. 1-15; dates for plates not exactly known; dates after Rehder (1946): Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 27
basis of record	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. [February 1993]
additional source	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
additional source	Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138945