Caecum, Fleming, 1813

Raines, Bret K., 2020, A Rosetta Stone for eastern Pacific Caecidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), Zootaxa 4827 (1), pp. 1-146 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4827.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2CE528C2-DE07-4155-B37D-BE2C342A3901
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4457751
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A3DF49-FFE4-FF87-FF44-FBCCFA973DA1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Caecum
status	s.l.

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Caecum View in CoL s.l. Fleming, 1813

Caecum Fleming, 1813: 67 View in CoL . Type species (SD: Gray, 1847) Dentalium trachea Montagu, 1803 , Northeastern Atlantic.

Odontidium Philippi, 1836: 102 View in CoL . Type species (OD) Odontidium rugulosum Philippi, 1836 View in CoL , Magnisi, Siracuse, Sicily.

Brochina Gray, 1857: 101 View in CoL . Type species (OD) Dentalium glabrum Montagu, 1803 , European Atlantic.

Elephantanellum Bartsch, 1920: 567 View in CoL . Type species (OD) Caecum heptagonum Carpenter, 1857 View in CoL . Mazatlan.

Micranellum Bartsch, 1920: 568 View in CoL . Type species (OD) Caecum crebricinctum Carpenter, 1864 View in CoL . San Diego, California.

Caecum (Defolinia) Weisbord, 1962: 166 . Type species (OD) Caecum (Defolinia) tomaculum Weisbord, 1962 View in CoL , Mare formation, Punta Gorda, Venezuela †.

Pictocaecum Habe, 1978: 3 View in CoL . Type species (OD) Pictocaecum japonicum Habe, 1978 View in CoL , Kyushu, Japan.

Diagnosis. Shell minute; teleoconch tubular, slightly curved, smooth or crossed by axial ribs, longitudinal grooves, lines, cords, or a combination. Posterior end closed by conical septum. Protoconch planispirally coiled.