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Caecidae
Sign in to saveCaecidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.
Species
buishorens
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyCaecidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,139
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Caecidae
- Collections
- LACM, UF, CM, UCMP, CAS, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Nicaragua
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Neotaenioglossa
- Image
- Caecum glabrum.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- taxon common name
- Buishorentjes
- Commons category
- Caecidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Caecidae
- taxon name
- Caecidae
- taxon rank
- family
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Habitat
- Shell description
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- References
Caecidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.
==Habitat== These minute tubular shells can be found living in marine sediment, or among algae or sponges, in warm and temperate seas.
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