Cavolinia tridentata

Cavolinia tridentata
Cavolinia tridentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Thecosomata
Superfamily: Cavolinioidea
Family: Cavoliniidae
Genus: Cavolinia
Species: C. tridentata
Binomial name
Cavolinia tridentata
(Forskål, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anomia tridentata Forskål, 1775 (basionym)
  • Cavolinia natans Abildgaard, 1791
  • Cleodora trifilis Troschel, 1854

Cavolinia tridentata is a species of sea butterfly, a floating and swimming sea snail or sea slug, a pelagic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cavoliniidae.[2]

Formae

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm.[3]

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution: European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean (Azores, Cape Verde), the Northwest Atlantic (Gulf of Maine), Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Lesser Antilles, Indian Ocean (Mascarene Basin), the Indo-Pacific and off New Zealand.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 4791 m.[3]

References

Cavolinia tridentata (Forsskål, 1775), museum specimens
  1. Niebuhr C. (ed.) (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål, prof. Haun., post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr Hauniae [Copengagen], Möller, 1-164, 1 map.
  2. Gofas, S. (2010). Cavolinia tridentata (Forskål, 1775). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139030 on 19 July 2012
  3. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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