Cavolinia gibbosa (d’Orbigny, 1834)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Tectipleura | |
Order | Pteropoda | |
Suborder | Euthecosomata | |
Superfamily | Cavolinioidea | |
Family | Cavoliniidae | |
Subfamily | Cavoliniinae | |
Genus | Cavolinia | |
Species | Cavolinia gibbosa (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139028). | ||
- Cavolinia flava (d’Orbigny, 1834)
- Cavolinia gibboides Rampal, 2002
- Cavolinia gibbosa f. flava (d’Orbigny, 1834)
- Cavolinia gibbosa f. gibboides Rampal, 2002
- Cavolinia gibbosa f. gibbosa (d’Orbigny, 1834)
- Cavolinia gibbosa f. plana Meisenheimer, 1905
- Cavolinia gibbosa var. plana Meisenheimer, 1905
- Cavolinia plana Meisenheimer, 1905
- Hyalaea flava d’Orbigny, 1834 (original)
- Hyalaea gibbosa d’Orbigny, 1834 (original)
- Pleuropus hargeri Verrill, 1882
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Cavolinia. Dedicated to Filippo Cavolini (1756-1810), botanist of Naples (Italy), pioneer in polyps research.
- Gibbosa. From Latin “gibbosus”, with hunch, hunchback.
Distribution
| Sources: | |
 : OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG |  : OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions |
Abundance
| Western Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Eastern Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Atlantic Ocean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
More pictures
- We have no (more) pictures for Cavolinia gibbosa
Bibliography
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Cavolinia gibbosa" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 13/03/2013. Accessed: 19/04/2024. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=7127)
