Cavolinia gibbosa

Author
d'Orbigny, 1834
Common Names
  • Gibbose Cavoline

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
4810 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Mass. to Brazil; Eastern Atlantic
Habitat-Biology
  • pelagic
  • suspension feeder
References

  • Odé, H. 1973c. A survey of the molluscan fauna of the northwest Gulf of Mexico-preliminary report (continued). Texas Conchologist 9(4): 73,75–83.

  • Rampal, J. 2002. Biodiversité et biogéographie chez les Cavoliniidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Euthecosomata). Régions faunistiques marines. Zoosystema 24(2): 209–258.

  • Snider, J. E. 1975. Quantitative distribution of shelled pteropods in the Gulf of Mexico including related sampling studies. Ph.D. dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. xviii + 213 pp.

  • van der Spoel, S. 1967. Euthecosomata, a group with remarkable developmental stages (Gastropoda, Pteropoda). J. Noorduijn en Zoon N. V., Gorinchem, The Netherlands. 375 pp.

Endnotes

  • Cavolinia gibbosa: Rampal (2002) treated C. gibbosa forma flava (d'Orbigny, 1834) as a full species; if this is correct, then, according to the distributions she recognized, C. flava, not C. gibbosa, is the species expected in GMx [GR].

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-07-2024.

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