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 Cavolinia > Species Cavolinia gibbosa

Cavolinia gibbosa flava (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hyalaea Lamarck, 1799

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cavolinia*	Abildgaard, 1791	accepted genus name
*Hyalea*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Archonta*	Montfort, 1810	synonym
*Cavolina*	Abildgaard, 1791	synonym
*Hyalaea*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym
*Pleuropus*	Eschscholtz, 1825	synonym

Subspecies group names

*Cavolinia flava*	(A. d'Orbigny, 1835)	synonym
*Pleuropus hargeri*	A. E. Verrill, 1882	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Janssen, A.W. (2012). Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. Bollettino Malacologico. 48 (suplemento 9): 1-105.
status 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. Cavolinia gibbosa flava (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:606281