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Taxonomy
Family:
CAVOLINIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Cavolinioidea (Superfamily)
> Cavoliniidae (Family)
> Cavolinia (Genus)
> gibbosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Archonta Montfort, 1810
=Cavolina Abildgaard, 1791
=Cavolinia (Orbignyia) A. Adams, 1859
=Hyalaea Lamarck, 1799
=Orbignyia A. Adams, 1859
=Pleuropus Eschscholtz, 1825
Synonymised Names:
=Cavolinia plana Meisenheimer, 1905
=Hyalaea gibbosa d'Orbigny, 1835
Images: Cavolinia gibbosa (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Lectotype, collected Atlantic Ocean. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Taxonomy
Family:
CAVOLINIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Pteropoda (Order)
> Euthecosomata (Suborder)
> Cavolinioidea (Superfamily)
> Cavoliniidae (Family)
> Cavolinia (Genus)
> gibbosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Archonta Montfort, 1810
=Cavolina Abildgaard, 1791
=Cavolinia (Orbignyia) A. Adams, 1859
=Hyalaea Lamarck, 1799
=Orbignyia A. Adams, 1859
=Pleuropus Eschscholtz, 1825
Synonymised Names:
=Cavolinia plana Meisenheimer, 1905
=Hyalaea gibbosa d'Orbigny, 1835
Details: Cavolinia gibbosa (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Distribution:
Worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands and north-eastern North Island, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • Senegal, Atlantic Ocean, (lectotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.278)
  • Bé, A.W.H., Gilmer, R.W. 1977 A zoogeographic and taxonomic review of Euthecosomatous Pteropoda. In A.T.S. Ramsay (ed.), Oceanic Micropaleontology, Academic Press, London, 1 (p.768)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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