Caecum varanoi

Caecum varanoi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.[2]

Caecum varanoi
Shell of Caecum varanoi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Caecidae
Genus:
Caecum
Species:
C. varanoi
Binomial name
Caecum varanoi
Pizzini, Nofroni & Bonfitto, 2008[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vanuatu.

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References
  1. Pizzini M., Noroni I. & Bonfitto A., 2008. Two new species of Caecidae from the Indo-Pacific (Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico, 44 (1-4): 21-25. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  2. Caecum varanoi Pizzini, Nofroni & Bonfitto, 2008. WoRMS (2010). Caecum varanoi Pizzini, Nofroni & Bonfitto, 2008. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458152 on 9 August 2010 .


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