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 Cuvierinidae

Cuvierina Boas, 1886

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cuvieria*	Rang, 1827	junior homonym; nom. inval.

Children

Cuvierina atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972
Cuvierina columnella (Rang, 1827)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウキヅツガイ／ウキヅツ属

Literature

original description	Boas, J.E.V. (1886). Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til pteropodernes Morfologi og Systematik samt til Kundskaben om deres geografiske Udbredelse. [Spolia Atlantica. Contribution to the Morphology and Systematics of the pteropods and to the knowledge of their geographical distribution. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter,. (6)4:1-231, figs. A-Q, pls. 1-8. (copepod pp.34).
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	Burridge A.K., Janssen A.W. & Peijnenburg K.T.C.A. (2016). Revision of the genus Cuvierina Boas, 1886 based on integrative taxonomic data, including the description of a new species from the Pacific Ocean (Gastropoda, Thecosomata). ZooKeys. 619: 1-12.
additional source	Janssen, A. W. (2005). Development of Cuvierinidae (Mollusca, Euthecosomata, Cavolinioidea) during the Cainozoic: a non-cladistic approach with a re-interpretation of Recent taxa. Basteria. 69 (1-3): 25-72.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuvierina Boas, 1886. 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:137753