Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Thecosomata > Suborder Euthecosomata > Superfamily Cavolinioidea > Family Cavoliniidae > Genus Cavolinia

Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cavolinia*	Abildgaard, 1791	accepted genus name
*Hyalea*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Archonta*	Montfort, 1810	synonym
*Hyalaea*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym
*Hyalea*	[sic]	synonym
*Pleuropus*	Eschscholtz, 1825	synonym

Species group names

*Hyalaea inflexa*	Lesueur, 1813	basionym
*Archonta explorata*	de Montfort, 1810	synonym
*Cavolinia curvata*	Grieg, 1924	synonym
*Cleodora curvata*	Souleyet, 1852	synonym
*Cleodora pleuropa*	Souleyet, 1852	synonym
*Hyalaea depressa*	d'Orbigny, 1834	synonym
*Hyalaea elongata*	Lesueur, 1821	synonym
*Hyalaea inflexa*	Lesueur, 1813	synonym
*Hyalaea inflexa var. lata*	Boas, 1886	synonym
*Hyalaea inflexa var. longa*	Boas, 1886	synonym
*Hyalaea labiata*	d'Orbigny, 1834	synonym
*Hyalaea vaginellina*	Cantraine, 1835	synonym
*Pleuropus pellucidus*	Eschscholtz, 1825	synonym

Children

Cavolinia inflexa f. imitans (Pfeffer, 1880)

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rampal J. (2002). Biodiversité et biogéographie chez les Cavoliniidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Euthecosomata). Régions faunistiques marines. Zoosystema : 24(2): 209-258
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.
additional source	Abbott R. T. (1974) American seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]
additional source	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Janssen A.W. (2012) Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. Bollettino Malacologico 48 (suppl. 9): 1-105.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139029