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

Caecum elegantissimum Carpenter, 1859

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

Literature

original description	Carpenter P.P. (1859). First steps towards a Monograph of the Caecidae, a family of rostriferous Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26 (1858): 413-444
basis of record	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

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Caecum elegantissimum. 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:138949