Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Pteropoda > Suborder Pseudothecosomata > Superfamily Cymbulioidea > Family Desmopteridae > Genus Desmopterus

Desmopterus papilio Chun, 1889

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmopterus*	Chun, 1889	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cymbulia cirroptera*	Gegenbaur, 1855	synonym
*Desmopterus cirropterus*	(Gegenbaur, 1855)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: コチョウカメガイ

Literature

original description	Chun, C. (1889). Bericht über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887-88 ausgeführte Reise. II. Beobachtungen über die pelagische Tiefen- und Oberflächenfauna des östlichen Atlantischen Oceans. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Math. Phys. Kl Juni-Dec 1888: 519-553, pl.
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	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.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	Spoel, S. van der & Dadon, J. R. (1999). Pteropoda. pp. 649-706, in: D. Boltovsloy (ed.), South Atlantic Zooplankton. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Desmopterus papilio Chun, 1889. 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:139542