Caecum trachea

Caecum trachea is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.^[1]

Caecum trachea
shell of Caecum trachea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Caecidae
Genus:	Caecum
Species:	C. trachea
Binomial name
Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
Brochus striatus T. Brown, 1827 Brochus trachiformis T. Brown, 1827 Caecum elagans Deregaslavtseva, 1891 Caecum elegans Periaslavzev 1891 (? Dubious synonym) Caecum fasciatum de Folin, 1876 Caecum fasciatum var. intaminata de Folin, 1876 Caecum trachea var. obsoleta Carpenter, 1859 Dentalium imperforatum Kanmacher, 1798 (dubious synonym) Odontidium rugulosum Philippi, 1836

Description

Caecum trachea obsoleta (Carpenter, 1859)

The shell size varies between 2 mm and 4 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed on rocky shores in European waters from Norway to the Canaries, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Black Sea