Carpenter, 1858

Description:
Shell curved and glossy. Apex sealed by a pointed, calcareous plug. The outer surface of the tube is completely smooth and the shell has a smaller diameter than Caecum trachea .

Size:
Up to 2 mm.

Colour:
White. Periostracum light or dark brown.

Habitat:
Living interstitial between grains of coarse to medium sand in the infralittoral.

Distribution:
As far north as northern Brittany along the Atlantic coast. Probably not reaching the North Sea.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Prosobranchia
Superorder Caenogastropoda
Order Neotaenioglossa
Family Caecidae
Genus Caecum
Species Caecum clarkii

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Caecum clarkii Carpenter, 1859

Scientific synonyms and common names

Caecum clarkii Carpenter, 1858
Caecum pollicare Carpenter, 1858
Caecum orientale de Folin, 1868 ; partim
Caecum sardinianum de Folin, 1870
Caecum semitracheum Monterosato, 1884 ; Monterosato, 1884 ex Brusina ms.

Seaward, D.R., 1990. Distribution of the marine molluscs of north west Europe. Nature Conservancy Council.

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