Deep-Sea taxon details
Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813)
139029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139029)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Lesueur C.A. (1813). Mémoire sur quelques nouvelles espèces d'animaux mollusques et radiaires recueillis dans la Méditerranée près de Nice. <em>Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> (2) 3 (69): 281-285, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4122254 [details]
Distribution Worldwide, pelagic; 45°N to 45°S; 90°W to 0°W (Rosenberg 2004)
Distribution Worldwide, pelagic; 45°N to 45°S; 90°W to 0°W (Rosenberg 2004) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139029 on 2026-01-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139029 on 2026-01-16
original description
(of ) Lesueur C.A. (1813). Mémoire sur quelques nouvelles espèces d'animaux mollusques et radiaires recueillis dans la Méditerranée près de Nice. <em>Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> (2) 3 (69): 281-285, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4122254 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Rampal J. (2002). Biodiversité et biogéographie chez les Cavoliniidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Euthecosomata). Régions faunistiques marines. <i>Zoosystema </i>: 24(2): 209-258, available online at http://web.archive.org/web/20070701134542/http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z02n2a2.pdf [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
additional source Janssen, A.W. (2012). Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 48 (suplemento 9): 1-105. [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 700 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Rampal J. (2002). Biodiversité et biogéographie chez les Cavoliniidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Euthecosomata). Régions faunistiques marines. <i>Zoosystema </i>: 24(2): 209-258, available online at http://web.archive.org/web/20070701134542/http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z02n2a2.pdf [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
additional source Janssen, A.W. (2012). Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 48 (suplemento 9): 1-105. [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 700 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Worldwide, pelagic; 45°N to 45°S; 90°W to 0°W (Rosenberg 2004) [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cavolinia inflexa)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813) Italy, Lazio, Roma, Civitavecchia, at 504 m depth...
To Malacopics (Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813) Spain, Canarias, Hierro, Charco Manso, above sea ...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cavolinia inflexa)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813) Italy, Lazio, Roma, Civitavecchia, at 504 m depth...
To Malacopics (Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813) Spain, Canarias, Hierro, Charco Manso, above sea ...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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