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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)
> uncinata (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 pulsata van der Spoel, 1967
=Hyalaea uncinata d'Orbigny, 1835
=Hyalaea uncinatiformis Pfeffer, 1880
=Hyalea uncinata Rang, 1829
Images: Cavolinia uncinata (d'Orbigny, 1836)
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)
> uncinata (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 pulsata van der Spoel, 1967
=Hyalaea uncinata d'Orbigny, 1835
=Hyalaea uncinatiformis Pfeffer, 1880
=Hyalea uncinata Rang, 1829
Details: Cavolinia uncinata (d'Orbigny, 1836)
Distribution:
Most warm seas. New Zealand
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
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.771)

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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