Clio cuspidata (Bosc, 1802)
Clio cuspidata with hydroids by Cheryl Clarke UAF-CMarZ
reproduced with permission (www.cmarz.org)
Taxonomy
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Tectipleura | |
Order | Pteropoda | |
Suborder | Euthecosomata | |
Superfamily | Cavolinioidea | |
Family | Cliidae | |
Genus | Clio | |
Species | Clio cuspidata (Bosc, 1801) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139032). | ||
- Cleodora lessonii Rang & de Férussac, 1830
- Clio (Bellardiclio) cuspidata (Bosc, 1802)
- Clio quadrispinosa Lesson, 1831
- Euclio cuspidata (Bosc, 1802)
- Hyalaea cuspidata Bosc, 1802 (original)
- Hyalaea tricuspidata Bowdich, 1820
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Clio. From Greek “kleios” Glory, also a sea nymph.
- Cuspidata. Latin “Cuspidata” means “with hard pricks”.
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 |
References for the species: Clio cuspidata
- Portugal: Hidalgo (1917, as Cleodora), McAndrew (1850, in Nobre 1938-40, as Cleodora).
Gibraltar: Vives, Santamaría and Trepat (1975, as Euclio).
Andalucía (Med.): Rampal (1968, as Euclio), Peñas et al. (in press).
Levante: Hidalgo (1917).
Canarias: Lozano-Soldevilla and Hernández (1991), Ortea et al. (2001), Moro et al. (2003).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
| Western Mediterranean: |  |
| Eastern Mediterranean: | |
| Atlantic Ocean: | |
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Bibliography
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2019) "Clio cuspidata" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 13/03/2013, Accessed: 23/05/2019 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/9xdRY)
