Caecidae
| Caecidae | |
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| Caecum glabrum | |
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| Juvenile showing protoconch | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Caecidae Gray, 1850 |
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Caecidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.[1]
Habitat
[edit]These minute tubular shells can be found living in marine sediment, or among algae or sponges, in warm and temperate seas.
Shell description
[edit]The shells in this family are unusual in that the adult shell is a curving tube. In the subfamily Caecinae the protoconch is lost, and the tube is sealed with a permanent calcareous plug at one end. In the subfamilies Ctiloceratinae and Strebloceratinae the protoconch is retained. At the other end, the tube is sealed by a circular operculum. The spiral part is almost always lost when outgrowing the juvenile stage. The color of the shell is white to pale yellow.
Taxonomy
[edit]This family contains three subfamilies:
- Caecinae Gray, 1850
- Ctiloceratinae Iredale & Laseron, 1957
- Strebloceratinae Bandel, 1996
Genera
[edit]WoRMS lists the following genera:[2]
Caecinae
[edit]- Caecum Fleming, 1813
- Mauroceras Vannozzi, 2019
- Meioceras Carpenter, 1859
- Pizzinia Vannozzi, 2017
Ctiloceratinae
[edit]- Ctiloceras R. B. Watson, 1886
- Enigmerces Iredale & Laseron, 1957
- Jayella Iredale & Laseron, 1957
- Parastrophia de Folin, 1869
- Ponderoceras Bandel, 1996
Strebloceratinae
[edit]- Strebloceras Carpenter 1859
Genera brought into synonymy
[edit]- Brochina Gray, 1857: synonym of Caecum Fleming, 1813
- Brochus T. Brown, 1827: synonym of Caecum Fleming, 1813[citation needed]
- Caecalium J. Fleming, 1822: synonym of Caecum Fleming, 1813
- Carinocera Iredale & Laseron, 1957: synonym of Ctiloceras R. B. Watson, 1886
- Coecum: synoym of Caecum Fleming, 1813 (misspelling)
- Cornuoides T. Brown, 1827: synonym of Caecum Fleming, 1813
- Elephantanellum Bartsch, 1920: synonym of Caecum Fleming, 1813
- Elephantellum: misspelling of Elephantanellum, synonym of Caecum Fleming, 1813
- Fartulum P. P. Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Caecum Fleming, 1813
- Gladioceras Iredale & Laseron, 1957 synonym of Parastrophia de Folin, 1869
- Micranellum Bartsch 1900: synonym of Caecum Fleming, 1813
- Mioceras Cossmann, 1912: synonym of Meioceras Carpenter, 1859
- Moreletia de Folin, 1869: synonym of Parastrophia de Folin, 1869[citation needed]
- Odontidium Philippi, 1836: synonym of Caecum Fleming, 1813
- Pedumicra Iredale & Laseron, 1957: synonym of Parastrophia de Folin, 1869[citation needed]
- Phleboceras de Folin, 1868: synonym of Strebloceras Carpenter, 1859[citation needed]
- Pictocaecum Habe 1978: synonym of Caecum Fleming, 1813
- Spirolidium O. G. Costa, 1861: synonym of Parastrophia de Folin, 1869
- Torresella Iredale & Laseron, 1957/: synonym of Ctiloceras R. B. Watson, 1886
- Transcopia Iredale & Laseron, 1957: synonym of Ctiloceras R. B. Watson, 1886
- Watsonia de Folin, 1880: synonym of Parastrophia de Folin, 1869
References
[edit]- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Caecidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126 on 2013-06-04
- 1 2 "Caecidae J. E. Gray, 1850". www.marinespecies.org. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- Folin L. de (1875) Monographie de la famille des Caecidae. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Bayonne, 1: 103-131, 1 pl
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
- Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1–397
- Pizzini M., Raines B. & Vannozzi A. (2013) The family Caecidae in the South-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Bollettino Malacologico, 49 (suppl. 10): 1-78.
- WoRMS : Caecidae; accessed : 18 October 2010
- "Caecidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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