Caecum armoricum

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Caecum armoricum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Caecidae
Genus: Caecum
Species: C. armoricum
Binomial name
Caecum armoricum
de Folin, 1869
Synonyms[1]
  • Brochina incompta Monterosato, 1884
  • Caecum tenue Milaschevitsch, 1912

Caecum armoricum, common name the DeFolin's lagoon snail, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

  • European waters
  • Mediterranean Sea : Greece
  • Atlantic Ocean: Azores Cape Verdes

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869. Gofas, S. (2009). Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138945 on 7 April 2012.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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