Caecum digitulum Pygmy Tusk Shell

Caecum digitulumis commonly referred to as Pygmy Tusk Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Caecum digitulum.Approx 1.8mm long. Under rocks at Jenkins Bay, Titirangi.2020

Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 13704
AphiaID:: 598626

Scientific:: Caecum digitulum
German:: Zwerghörnchen
English:: Pygmy Tusk Shell

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Caecidae (Family) > Caecum (Genus) > digitulum (Species)
Initial determination:: Hedley, 1904

Occurrence:: Endemic species, New Zealand
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,018cm - 0,023cm)
Food:: Algae, Detritus
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Caecum abnormale
Caecum achirona
Caecum amamiense
Caecum amputatum
Caecum amydroglyptum
Caecum angustum
Caecum annulatum
Caecum antillarum
Caecum arabicum
Caecum armoricum
Caecum atlantidis
Caecum attenuatum
Caecum auriculatum
Caecum austrafricanum
Caecum australe
Caecum bahiahondaense
Caecum bakeri
Caecum bathus
Caecum bimamillatum
Caecum bimarginatum
Caecum bipartitum
Caecum borneoense
Caecum bounty
Caecum brasilicum
Caecum brennani
Caecum breve
Caecum bucerium
Caecum californicum
Caecum campanulatum
Caecum carolinianum
Caecum carpenteri
Caecum caverna
Caecum chilense
Caecum chinense
Caecum cinctum
Caecum circumvolutum
Caecum clarkii
Caecum clarum
Caecum clathratum
Caecum clava
Caecum cocoense
Caecum condylum
Caecum continens
Caecum cooki
Caecum cooperi
Caecum corrugatulum
Caecum crassum
Caecum crebricinctum
Caecum crispum
Caecum cuspidatum
Caecum cycloferum
Caecum dakuwaqa
Caecum dalli
Caecum danielei
Caecum debile
Caecum delicatulum
Caecum derjugini
Caecum dextroversum
Caecum digitulum
Zwerghörnchen
Caecum diminutum
Caecum donmoorei
Caecum dux
Caecum elegantissimum
Caecum eliezeri
Caecum elongatum
Caecum engli
Caecum eunoi
Caecum exile
Caecum farcimen
Caecum fijiense
Caecum firmatum
Caecum floridanum
Caecum folini
Caecum geigeri
Caecum glabellum
Caecum glabriforme
Caecum glabrum
Caecum gofasi
Caecum gulosum
Caecum gurgulio
Caecum heptagonum
Caecum heterochromum
Caecum imbricatum
Caecum incisum
Caecum inclinatum
Caecum infimum
Caecum inflatum
Caecum inhacaense
Caecum insculptum
Caecum insularum
Caecum intortum
Caecum japonicum
Caecum johnsoni
Caecum jonatani
Caecum jucundum
Caecum knysnaense
Caecum kontiki
Caecum laeve
Caecum lapita
Caecum laqueatum
Caecum leilae
Caecum limnetes
Caecum limpidum
Caecum lindae
Caecum lineicinctum
Caecum liratocinctum
Caecum lohri
Caecum loyaltense
Caecum macrum
Caecum maestratii
Caecum magellanicum
Caecum malleatum
Caecum maori
Caecum maraisi
Caecum marginatum
Caecum marmoratum
Caecum massambabense
Caecum mauritianum
Caecum metamorphosicum
Caecum microcyclus
Caecum microstriatum
Caecum mirificum
Caecum modestum
Caecum monstrosum
Caecum morgan
Caecum multicostatum
Caecum musorstomi
Caecum neocaledonicum
Caecum oahuense
Caecum obtusum
Caecum occidentale
Caecum orcutti
Caecum paradoxum
Caecum parvum
Caecum pascuanum
Caecum planum
Caecum plicatum
Caecum pollicare
Caecum pulchellum
Caecum pygmaeum
Caecum quadratum
Caecum rapanuiense
Caecum regulare
Caecum rehderi
Caecum reversum
Caecum richthofeni
Caecum rijgersmai
Caecum rolani
Caecum rostratum
Caecum ryssotitum
Caecum searleswoodii
Caecum semilaeve
Caecum senegambianum
Caecum sepimentum
Caecum sinuatum
Caecum skoglundae
Caecum smriglioi
Caecum someri
Caecum striatum
Caecum strictum
Caecum strigosum
Caecum subannulatum
Caecum subaustrale
Caecum subconicum
Caecum subcylindratum
Caecum subflavum
Caecum subimpressum
Caecum subobsoletum
Caecum subornatum
Caecum subquadratum
Caecum subspirale
Caecum subvolutum
Caecum succineum
Caecum swinneni
Caecum taeniatum
Caecum tahitianum
Caecum tenue
Caecum tenuicostatum
Caecum tenuiliratum
Caecum teres
Caecum textile
Caecum tornatum
Caecum torquetum
Caecum tortile
Caecum trachea
Caecum trindadense
Caecum troglodyta
Caecum uncinatum
Caecum undatum
Caecum uvea
Caecum vanuatuarum
Caecum varanoi
Caecum variegatum
Caecum venosum
Caecum vertebrale
Caecum vicinum
Caecum virginiae
Caecum vitreum
Caecum wami
Caecum wayae
Caecum zaagmani

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-03-11 19:41:40
Last edit:: 2021-03-11 19:46:30

Info

Caecum digitulum Hedley, 1904

Caecum digitulum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Caecidae.

Synonymised names:
Caecum (Brochina) digitulum Hedley, 1904· accepted, alternate representation
Caecum suteri Odhner, 1924

External links

gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 11.03.2021.
New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 11.03.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 11.03.2021.

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Caecum digitulum.Approx 1.8mm long. Under rocks at Jenkins Bay, Titirangi.2020

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