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Taxonomy
Family:
CAECIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Caecidae (Family)
> Caecum (Genus)
> digitulum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Caecum (Brochina) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Caecum (Brochina) digitulum Hedley, 1904 accepted, alternate representation
=Caecum suteri Odhner, 1924
Images: Caecum digitulum Hedley, 1904
From shell grit, 15 metres off Northland east coast, NZ. 2.2mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
CAECIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Caecidae (Family)
> Caecum (Genus)
> digitulum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Caecum (Brochina) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Caecum (Brochina) digitulum Hedley, 1904 accepted, alternate representation
=Caecum suteri Odhner, 1924
Details: Caecum digitulum Hedley, 1904
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.3mm, Width 0.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes and Chatham Islands, and Pukaki Rise, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • Lyall Bay, Wellington, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.128)
  • Mar/1972 Caecum digitulum Hedley, Poirieria, 6(3) (p.50)
  • Hedley, C. 1904 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, Records of the Australian Museum, 5(2) (p.94) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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