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Gastropoda: : Cavolinioidea: Cavoliniidae

Cuvierina columnella (Rang, 1827)
Not found in the Western Atlantic


Range: 48°N to 42°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 100 to 1234 m (live 100 to 250 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10.35  mm

Synonymy

Cuvieria obtusa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) 
Cleodora obtusa Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Triptera rosea auct. non Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Cuvieria columnella Rang, 1827
Triptera columnella (Rang, 1827) 
Herse columnella (Rang, 1827) 
Cuvieria oryza Benson, 1835
Cuvierina typica Boas, 1886
Creseis caliciformis Meisenheimer, 1905
Cuvierina spoeli Rampal, 2002

Details


Cuvieria columnella Rang, 1827,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 48°N to 42°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 100 to 1234 m (live 100 to 250 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
References: Pelseneer (1888) D; Dall & Simpson (1901); Leal Rodríguez (1965); Bé & Gilmer (1977) dLlNSEW; Princz (1982a); Rampal (2002) M; Janssen (2005) T
Combining Genera:  Herse Triptera

Creseis caliciformis Meisenheimer, 1905, 
[Synonym]
References: van der Spoel (1967) s

Cuvieria columella sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for columnella by d'Orbigny (1834).

Cleodora obtusa Quoy & Gaimard, 1825, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
Attributed to: Rang (1829); d'Orbigny (1836)
References: Pelseneer (1888) s?; van der Spoel (1967) s?
Comments: Has priority if the synonymy is correct, but precedence might be reversed if conditions of ICZN Article 23.9 apply.
Combining Genera:  Cuvieria

Cuvieria oryza Benson, 1835, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Pelseneer (1888) s; van der Spoel (1967) s?

Triptera rosea auct. non Quoy & Gaimard, 1825, 
[Not available]
References: van der Spoel (1967) s
Comments: Misidentification by Gray (1847) according to van der Spoel (1967).

Cuvierina spoeli Rampal, 2002, p. 214-215, fig. 1A-B, right
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Océan Indien sud-occidental, 21°08'S, 55°11'E, 630-710 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10.35 mm
References: Rampal (2002) DdNSEWM; Janssen (2005) s

Cuvierina columnella var. typica Boas, 1886, p. 134, 215
[Not available]
References: van der Spoel (1967) s
Comments: Infrasubspecific.


Partial List of References

Boas, J. E. V. 1886. Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til Pteropodernes, Morfologi og Systematik samt til Kundskaben om deres geografiske Udbredelse Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling (6)4 1-231, pls. 1-8.
Rampal, J. 2002. Biodiversité et biogéographie chez les Cavoliniidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Euthecosomata). Régions faunistiques marines Zoosystema 24 209-258.

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