Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Pteropoda > Suborder Euthecosomata > Superfamily Cavolinioidea > Family Creseidae > Genus Creseis

Creseis virgula (Rang, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Creseis*	Rang, 1828	accepted genus name
*Cleodora (Creseis)*	Rang, 1828	synonym

Species group names

*Cleodora (Creseis) virgula*	Rang, 1828	synonym
*Cleodora falcata*	A. Gould, 1852	synonym
*Cleodora munda*	A. Gould, 1852	synonym
*Cleodora placida*	A. Gould, 1852	synonym
*Creseis caligula*	Eschscholtz, 1829	synonym
*Creseis cornucopiae*	Eschscholtz, 1829	synonym
*Creseis unguis*	Eschscholtz, 1829	synonym
*Creseis virgula virgula*	(Rang, 1828)	synonym
*Creseis virgulata*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Hyalaea (Cleodora) corniformis*	A. d'Orbigny, 1836	synonym
*Styliola africana*	Bartsch, 1915	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ツメウキヅノガイ

Literature

basis of record	Gasca, R.; Janssen, A. W. (2013). Taxonomic review, molecular data and key to the species of Creseidae from the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 80(1): 35-42.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Janssen, A. W. (2007). Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from the gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea and gulf of Aden (Late Holocene-Recent). The Veliger. 49 (3): 140-195.
additional source	Janssen, A. W.; Bush, S. L. & Bednaršek, N. (2019). The shelled pteropods of the northeast Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Heterobranchia, Pteropoda). Zoosymposia. 13: 305-346.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Creseis virgula (Rang, 1828). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139035