Caecum armoricum, common name the DeFolin's lagoon snail, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Caecidae |
| Genus: | Caecum |
| Species: | C. armoricum
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| Binomial name | |
| Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869
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Description
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the following locations:
- European waters
- Mediterranean Sea: Greece
- Atlantic Ocean: Azores, Cape Verde
References
edit- ^ a b Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
- Hoeksema D.F. & Segers W. (1993) On the systematics and distribution of the marine gastropod Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869 (Prosobranchia, Caecidae). Gloria Maris 31(6): 79-88.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.