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

Diacavolinia van der Spoel, 1987

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Diacavolinia angulata (Souleyet, 1852)
Diacavolinia constricta van der Spoel, Bleeker & Kobayasi, 1993
Diacavolinia deshayesi van der Spoel, Bleeker & Kobayasi, 1993
Diacavolinia limbata (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
Diacavolinia longirostris (Blainville, 1821)
Diacavolinia strangulata (Deshayes, 1823)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ササノツユガイ属

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	Janssen, A. W.; Bush, S. L. & Bednaršek, N. (2019). The shelled pteropods of the northeast Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Heterobranchia, Pteropoda). Zoosymposia. 13: 305-346.
taxonomy source	Maas A.E., Blanco-Bercial L. & Lawson G.L. (2013) Reexamination of the species assignment of Diacavolinia pteropods using DNA Barcoding. PLoS ONE 8(1): e53889.
taxonomy source	Spoel, S. van der; Bleeker, J. & Kobayasi, H. (1993). From Cavolinia longirostris to twenty-four Diacavolinia taxa, with a phylogenetic discussion. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 62(3): 127-166.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diacavolinia van der Spoel, 1987. 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:137754