Caecum textile

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Caecum textile
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Caecidae
Genus: Caecum
Species:
C. textile
Binomial name
Caecum textile
Folin, 1867

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

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.2 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 6 m. [2]

References

  1. Caecum textile Folin, 1867 . WoRMS (2010). Caecum textile Folin, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419598 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .