Caecum wami

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

Caecum wami
Shell of Caecum wami (partatype 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. wami
Binomial name
Caecum wami
Raines & Pizzini, 2009[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwestern Australia.

References
  1. Raines & Pizzini (2009). Two new Caecidae from the South West Pacific Ocean and the "Caecum insculptum" complex (caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Bollettino Malacologico 45(2): 115-121.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  2. Caecum wami Raines & Pizzini, 2009. WoRMS (2010). Caecum wami Raines & Pizzini, 2009. 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=458206 on 9 August 2010 .


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