Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)
Diacria trispinosa by Russell Hopcroft UAF-NOAA-CoML
reproduced with permission from (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 | Cavoliniidae | |
Subfamily | Diacriinae | |
Genus | Diacria | |
Species | Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) | |
Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139045). |
- Cavolinia trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)
- Cleodora compressa Souleyet, 1852
- Cleodora infundibulum Wood S., 1842
- Diacria atlantica Dupont in Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998
- Diacria gracilis Rampal, 2002
- Diacria maculata Bleeker & van der Spoel, 1988
- Diacria rampalae Dupont, 1979
- Diacria rampali Dupont, 1979
- Diacria rubecula Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998
- Diacria trispinosa heterocolorata Rampal, 2002
- Hyalaea depressa Bivona Ant., 1832
- Hyalaea mucronata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
- Hyalaea reeveana Dunker, 1853
- Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821 (original)
- Hyalaea trispinosa var. minor Boas, 1886
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Diacria. From Greek preposition “dia”, through, between, across, by + “akron”, highest point.
- Trispinosa. From Latin “tres”, three + “spina”, thorn, spine, prickle.
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: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
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Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2012-2025) "Diacria trispinosa" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/10/2014. Accessed: 03/02/2025. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=16108)