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 Cuvierinidae > Genus Cuvierina

Cuvierina atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cuvierina*	Boas, 1886	accepted genus name
*Cuvieria*	Rang, 1827	junior homonym

Species group names

*Cuvierina columnella atlantica*	Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972	synonym

Literature

original description	Be A.W.H., MacClintock C. & Currie D.C. (1972). Helical shell structure. and growth of the pteropod Cuvierina columnella (Rang) (Mollusca,. Gastropoda). Biomineralization Research Reports. 4, 47-79.
basis of record	Janssen, A. W. (2005). Development of Cuvierinidae (Mollusca, Euthecosomata, Cavolinioidea) during the Cainozoic: a non-cladistic approach with a re-interpretation of Recent taxa. Basteria. 69 (1-3): 25-72.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuvierina atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972. 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:246649