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Family: Caecidae



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114 species
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Brochina glabella
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum abreviatum
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL

 
Caecum achirona
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Max. Length 0.2 cm SHL

 
Caecum amedroglyptum
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum antillarum
[Antillean Caecum]
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Caecum armoricum
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Caecum attenuatum
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Caecum auriculatum
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Caecum bakeri
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum bicinctum
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum bimamillatum
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum bipartitum
[Bipartite Caecum]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL

 
Caecum brasilicum
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Max. Length 0.1 cm DL

 
Caecum breve
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Caecum californicum
[California Caecum]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL

 
Caecum carolinianum
[Carolina Caecum]
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Caecum carpenteri
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum caverna
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Max. Length 0.2 cm SHH

 
Caecum chilense
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum cinctum
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum circumvolutum
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Caecum clarkii
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL

 
Caecum clava
[Club Caecum]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum condylum
[Bone Caecum]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL

 
Caecum cooperi
[Cooper's Atlantic Caecum]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum cornucopiae
[Horn-of-plenty Caecum]
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Caecum costulatum
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Caecum crebricinctum
[Many-named Caecum]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum crispum
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL

 
Caecum cycloferum
[Fatlip Caecum]
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Caecum dalli
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum debile
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum delicatulum
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Caecum directum
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Max. Length 0.1 cm DL

 
Caecum donmoorei
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum eliezeri
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Caecum elongatum
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Caecum exile
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL

 
Caecum floridanum
[Florida Caecum]
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Caecum frugi
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Caecum gibbesii
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Caecum glabriforme
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Caecum glabrum
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Caecum granulatum
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Caecum gulosum
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum gurgulio
[Windpipe Caecum]
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Caecum heladum
[Fine-line Caecum]
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Caecum hemisphericum
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Caecum heptagonum
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum imbricatum
[Imbricate Caecum]
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Max. Length 0.1 cm DL

 
Caecum infimum
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum insularum
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL

 
Caecum johnsoni
[Johnson's Caecum]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum jonatani
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum jucundum
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Caecum leve
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum limpidum
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum lineicinctum
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Caecum liratocinctum
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Caecum maori
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL

 
Caecum massambabense
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum multicostatum
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Caecum nasutum
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Caecum neocaledonicum
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Caecum neoguineanum
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Caecum nofronii
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Caecum oahuense
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Caecum occidentale
[Western Caecum]
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Caecum orcutti
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum planum
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL

 
Caecum plicatum
[Plicate Caecum]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL

 
Caecum pulchellum
[Beautiful Caecum]
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Caecum rapanuiense
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum regulare
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum rijgersmai
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Caecum rostratum
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum ryssotitum
[Minute Caecum]
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Caecum sepimentum
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum someri
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum striatum
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum strictum
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum strigosum
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Caecum subannulatum
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum subornatum
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL

 
Caecum subvolutum
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Caecum taeniatum
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum tenue
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL

 
Caecum tenuicostatum
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum textile
[Textile Caecum]
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Caecum tinctum
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum tornatum
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum torquetum
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL

 
Caecum tortile
[Twisted Caecum]
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Caecum trachea
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Caecum troglodyta
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Caecum variegatum
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Max. Length 0.1 cm DL

 
Caecum venosum
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Caecum vertebrale
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Caecum vestitum
[Vera cruz Caecum]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Caecum zaagmani
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Caecum zonulatum
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Fartulum bakeri
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Fartulum magellanicum
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Fartulum occidentale
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Fartulum orcutti
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Mauroceras legumen
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Mauroceras sandwichense
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Meioceras cornucopiae
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Meioceras cubitatum
[Smooth caecum]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Meioceras nitidum
[Little horn caecum]
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Micranellum oregonense
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Parastrophia asturiana
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Parastrophia cornucopiae
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Strebloceras subannulatum
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Brochina glabella Western and Central Pacif 1868
Caecum abreviatum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1870
Caecum achirona Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL 1867
Caecum amedroglyptum Southeast Pacific 0.2 SHL 1980
Caecum antillarum Antillean Caecum Western Atlantic 0.3 DL 1858
Caecum armoricum Mediterranean Sea. 1869
Caecum attenuatum Western and Eastern Centr 1880
Caecum auriculatum Mediterranean Sea. 1868
Caecum bakeri Mediterranean Sea. 1920
Caecum bicinctum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1870
Caecum bimamillatum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1867
Caecum bipartitum Bipartite Caecum Western Central Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1870
Caecum brasilicum Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL 1874
Caecum breve Western Atlantic 0.1 DL 1867
Caecum californicum California Caecum East Pacific. 1885
Caecum carolinianum Carolina Caecum Eastern Central Pacific a 0.5 DL 1892
Caecum carpenteri Eastern Central Pacific a 1920
Caecum caverna Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1989
Caecum chilense Southeast Pacific 0.2 SHH 1962
Caecum cinctum Western Central Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1953
Caecum circumvolutum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1867
Caecum clarkii Mediterranean Sea. 1859
Caecum clava Club Caecum Western Central Atlantic 0.4 DL 1867
Caecum condylum Bone Caecum Western Central Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1969
Caecum cooperi Cooper's Atlantic Caecum Eastern Central Pacific a 0.6 DL 1860
Caecum cornucopiae Horn-of-plenty Caecum North America. 0.2 DL 1858
Caecum costulatum Western Atlantic. 1870
Caecum crebricinctum Many-named Caecum East Pacific. 1864
Caecum crispum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1900
Caecum cycloferum Fatlip Caecum Western Atlantic 0.6 DL 1867
Caecum dalli Western Atlantic 1920
Caecum debile Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1900
Caecum delicatulum Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1900
Caecum directum Western Central Pacific 2019
Caecum donmoorei Western Atlantic. 0.1 DL 1979
Caecum eliezeri Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1997
Caecum elongatum Western Atlantic. 1874
Caecum exile Eastern Central Pacific 1880
Caecum floridanum Florida Caecum Western Central Atlantic. 0.6 DL 1851
Caecum frugi Western Central Pacific 2019
Caecum gibbesii Western Atlantic. 1860
Caecum glabriforme Eastern Central Pacific 1857
Caecum glabrum Northeast Atlantic and th 1803
Caecum granulatum Western Central Pacific 2019
Caecum gulosum Western and Eastern Centr 1899
Caecum gurgulio Windpipe Caecum North America. 0.2 DL 1858
Caecum heladum Fine-line Caecum Western Central Atlantic 1953
Caecum hemisphericum Western Atlantic. 1867
Caecum heptagonum Western Atlantic. 1920
Caecum imbricatum Imbricate Caecum Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1858
Caecum infimum Western Atlantic. 0.1 DL 1867
Caecum insularum Western Atlantic 0.3 DL 1969
Caecum johnsoni Johnson's Caecum Eastern Central Pacific a 0.5 DL 1908
Caecum jonatani Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 2007
Caecum jucundum Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1867
Caecum leve Western Atlantic. 1870
Caecum limpidum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1874
Caecum lineicinctum Western Central Atlantic 0.3 DL 1880
Caecum liratocinctum Western Central Atlantic 1857
Caecum maori Southwest Pacific 2006
Caecum massambabense Western Atlantic. 0.7 DL 1994
Caecum multicostatum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1867
Caecum nasutum Western Central Pacific 2019
Caecum neocaledonicum Eastern Central Pacific 1868
Caecum neoguineanum Western Central Pacific 2019
Caecum nofronii Western Central Pacific 2019
Caecum oahuense Eastern Central Pacific 1921
Caecum occidentale Western Caecum East Pacific. 1920
Caecum orcutti East Pacific. 1885
Caecum planum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1874
Caecum plicatum Plicate Caecum Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL 1858
Caecum pulchellum Beautiful Caecum Eastern Central Pacific a 0.5 DL 1851
Caecum rapanuiense Southeast Pacific 2005
Caecum regulare Western Central Atlantic 0.3 DL 1858
Caecum rijgersmai Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1988
Caecum rostratum Eastern Central Pacific 1881
Caecum ryssotitum Minute Caecum Western Atlantic 0.2 DL 1867
Caecum sepimentum Eastern Central Pacific 1868
Caecum someri Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1867
Caecum striatum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1868
Caecum strictum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1871
Caecum strigosum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1868
Caecum subannulatum Mediterranean Sea. 1870
Caecum subornatum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1874
Caecum subvolutum Western Central Atlantic. 0.4 DL 1874
Caecum taeniatum Western Atlantic. 1869
Caecum tenue Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1900
Caecum tenuicostatum Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL 1881
Caecum textile Textile Caecum Western Central Atlantic 0.2 DL 1867
Caecum tinctum Western Atlantic. 1869
Caecum tornatum Western Atlantic 0.3 DL 1900
Caecum torquetum Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1867
Caecum tortile Twisted Caecum North America. 0.6 DL 1892
Caecum trachea Mediterranean Sea. 1803
Caecum troglodyta Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1989
Caecum variegatum Northwest Pacific 1867
Caecum venosum Western Atlantic. 0.1 DL 1867
Caecum vertebrale Western and Eastern Centr 1899
Caecum vestitum Vera cruz Caecum Western Central Atlantic 1868
Caecum zaagmani Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1988
Caecum zonulatum Western Atlantic. 1869
Fartulum bakeri Western Atlantic. 1920
Fartulum magellanicum Southeast Pacific and Wes 0.2 DL 1995
Fartulum occidentale Canada 1920
Fartulum orcutti Canada 1885
Mauroceras legumen Eastern Central Pacific 1899
Mauroceras sandwichense Eastern Central Pacific 1881
Meioceras cornucopiae Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1859
Meioceras cubitatum Smooth caecum Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1868
Meioceras nitidum Little horn caecum Western Atlantic 0.3 DL 1851
Micranellum oregonense Western Atlantic
Parastrophia asturiana Mediterranean Sea. 1870
Parastrophia cornucopiae Western Pacific 1869
Strebloceras subannulatum Eastern Central Pacific 1880



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