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 longirostris (Blainville, 1821)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diacavolinia*	van der Spoel, 1987	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cavolinia longirostris*	(Blainville, 1821)	synonym
*Hyalaea longirostris*	Blainville, 1821	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ササノツユ

Literature

basis of record	Malacolog - Western atlantic gastropod database.
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.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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	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.
redescription	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 longirostris (Blainville, 1821). 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:405962