Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Thecosomata > 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

Literature

original description	Chun, C., 1889. Bericht über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88 ausgeführte Reise.— Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2: 519-555, Plate 3.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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 (suppl. 9): 1-105.
additional source	Van der Spoel S. & Dadon J.R. (1999) Pteropoda. pp. 649-706, in: D. Boltovsloy (ed.), South Atlantic Zooplankton. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Desmopterus papilio Chun, 1889. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139542