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 tridentata (Forsskål, 1775)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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

*Anomia tridentata*	Forsskål, 1775	synonym
*Cavolina occidentalis*	Dall, 1908	synonym
*Cavolinia natans*	Abildgaard, 1791	synonym
*Cavolinia tridentata f. atlantica*	van der Spoel, 1974	synonym
*Cavolinia tridentata f. bermudensis*	van der Spoel, 1974	synonym
*Cavolinia tridentata f. dakarensis*	van der Spoel, 1974	synonym
*Cavolinia tridentata f. danae*	van der Spoel, 1974	synonym
*Cavolinia tridentata f. teschi*	van der Spoel, 1974	synonym
*Cavolinia tridentata kraussi*	Tesch, 1913	synonym
*Cavolinia tridentata platea*	Tesch, 1948	synonym
*Cleodora trifilis*	Troschel, 1854	synonym
*Hyalaea affinis*	A. d'Orbigny, 1835	synonym
*Hyalaea australis*	F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807	synonym
*Hyalaea chemnitziana*	Lesueur, 1813	synonym
*Hyalaea complanata*	Gegenbaur, 1855	synonym
*Hyalaea cornea*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Hyalaea cumingii*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1877	synonym
*Hyalaea forskalii*	Blainville, 1821	synonym
*Hyalaea papilionacea*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1804	synonym
*Hyalaea peronii*	Lesueur, 1813	synonym
*Hyalaea rangii*	Deshayes, 1832	synonym
*Hyalaea teniobranchea*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Hyalaea tricuspidata*	Bowdich, 1822	synonym
*Hyalea melly*	Benoit, 1843	synonym
*Monoculus telemus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Pleuropus longifilis*	Troschel, 1854	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Leaf Sea Butterfly; three-tooth cavoline; threetoothed cavoline sources: Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Dreizahn-Seeschmetterling sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: 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	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
additional source	Janssen, A. W. (2004). Holoplanktonic molluscan assemblages (Gastropoda, Heteropoda, Thecosomata) from the Pliocene of Estepona (Spain, Malaga). Palaeontos. 5: 103-131.
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	Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160.
additional source	Janssen, A. W. (1998). Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Heteropoda and Thecosomata) from the Pliocene Bowden beds, Jamaica. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology. 35 (1-4): 95-111.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 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	Janssen, A.W. (2007). Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea, Janthinoidea, Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) from the Pliocene of Pangasinan (Luzon, Philippines). Scripta Geologica. 135: 29-177.
additional source	Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cavolinia tridentata (Forsskål, 1775). 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:139030