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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)
> Diacria (Genus)
> trispinosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hyalaea (Diacria) Gray, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Cavolinia reeveana Dunker, 1853
=Cavolinia trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)
=Cleodora compressa Souleyet, 1852
=Diacria atlantica Dupont, 1998
=Diacria rubecula Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998
=Diacria trispinosa heterocolorata Rampal, 2002
=Hyalaea depressa Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
=Hyalaea mucronata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
=Hyalaea reeveana Dunker, 1853
=Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821
Images: Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)
Holotype of Diacria trispinosa heterocolarata, collected 12 Apr 1977, 335-390 metres, SE of Glorioso Islands, Mozambique Channel, Indian Ocean. 6.4mm. 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)
> Diacria (Genus)
> trispinosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hyalaea (Diacria) Gray, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Cavolinia reeveana Dunker, 1853
=Cavolinia trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)
=Cleodora compressa Souleyet, 1852
=Diacria atlantica Dupont, 1998
=Diacria rubecula Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998
=Diacria trispinosa heterocolorata Rampal, 2002
=Hyalaea depressa Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
=Hyalaea mucronata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
=Hyalaea reeveana Dunker, 1853
=Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821
Details: Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 6.3mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands to Bay of Plenty. All seas, especially the Atlantic
Geographical Range:
KACFMAn
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.785)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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