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

Cavolinia Abildgaard, 1791

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Hyalea [sic] orthographic variant
Archonta Montfort, 1810 synonym; nom. dub.
Cavolina Abildgaard, 1791 synonym
Hyalaea Lamarck, 1799 synonym
Pleuropus Eschscholtz, 1825 synonym

Children

Cavolinia gibboides Rampal, 2002
Cavolinia gibbosa (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813)
Cavolinia labiata (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
Cavolinia tridentata (Forsskål, 1775)
Cavolinia uncinata (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
Hyalaea femorata A. Gould, 1852
Hyalaea inermis A. Gould, 1852

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: カメガイ属

Literature

original description

Abildgaard P. C. (1791). Nyere Efterretning om det Skaldyr fra Middelhavet, som Forskål har beskrevet under Navn af Anomia tridentata.. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 1 (2): 171-175, pl. 10

basis of record

Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

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

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.

Genbank

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cavolinia Abildgaard, 1791. 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:137750

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2020-12-14 by Philippe Bouchet

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