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

Cavolinia gibbosa (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cavolinia Abildgaard, 1791

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

Species group names

*Cavolinia gibbosa f. plana*	Meisenheimer, 1905	synonym
*Cavolinia plana*	Meisenheimer, 1905	synonym
*Hyalaea gibbosa*	A. d'Orbigny, 1835	synonym

Children

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シロカメガイ

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	Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cavolinia gibbosa (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:139028