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

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

^ ^a ^b 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.

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
e 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