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 Creseidae

Creseis Rang, 1828

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cleodora (Creseis)*	Rang, 1828	synonym

Children

Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)
Creseis conica Eschscholtz, 1829
Creseis monotis Troschel, 1854
Creseis phaeostoma Troschel, 1854
Creseis virgula (Rang, 1828)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウキヅノガイ属

Literature

additional source	Janssen, A. W. (2018). Notes on the systematics, morphology and biostratigraphy of holoplanktic Mollusca, 25. Once more: the correct name for the type species of the genus Creseis Rang, 1828 (Pteropoda, Euthecosomata, Creseidae). Basteria. 82 (4-6): 110-112.
additional source	Janssen, A. W. (2020). Notes on the systematics, morphology and biostratigraphy of holoplanktic Mollusca, 27. Comments on a paper discussing Pteropoda (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) systematics, recently (2019) published in Bollettino Malacologico. Basteria. 84 (1-3): 65-75.
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.
subsequent type designation	Pelseneer P. (1888). Report on the Pteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part III. Anatomy. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 23 (part 65): 1-132, pl. 1-2.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Creseis Rang, 1828. 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:137752