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 Cavoliniidae > Subfamily Cavoliniinae > Genus Diacavolinia

Diacavolinia limbata (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hyalaea Lamarck, 1799

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diacavolinia*	van der Spoel, 1987	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cavolinia couthouyi*	Dall, 1908	synonym
*Hyalaea ecaudata*	Blainville, 1821	synonym
*Hyalaea fissilabris*	W. H. Benson, 1861	synonym
*Hyalaea laevigata*	A. d'Orbigny, 1835	synonym
*Hyalaea longispina*	Quenstedt, 1885	synonym
*Hyalaea obtusa*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1877	synonym

Literature

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	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Spoel, S. van der; Bleeker, J. & Kobayasi, H. (1993). From Cavolinia longirostris to twenty-four Diacavolinia taxa, with a phylogenetic discussion. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 62(3): 127-166.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diacavolinia limbata (A. d'Orbigny, 1835). 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:139040