Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Pteropoda > Suborder Euthecosomata

Cavolinioidea J. E. Gray, 1850 (1815)

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cavoliniidae J. E. Gray, 1850 (1815)
Cliidae Jeffreys, 1869
Creseidae Rampal, 1973
Cuvierinidae van der Spoel, 1967
Hyalocylidae A. W. Janssen, 2020

Literature

original description

Gray, J. E. (1850). Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. Pteropoda. Edward Newman, London, iv + 45 pp. [9 February; Preface 11 January 1850].

basis of record

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cavolinioidea J. E. Gray, 1850 (1815). 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:411903

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-03-25 by Kurt Auffenberg

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