Cavolinia tridentata

Author
(Forskål, 1775)
Common Names
  • Three-tooth Cavoline

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
4791 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Mass. to Argentina; circumtropical
Habitat-Biology
  • pelagic
  • suspension feeder
  • soft sediment
References

  • Bé, A. W. H., and R. W. Gilmer. 1977. A zoogeographic and taxonomic review of euthecosomatous Pteropoda. Pp. 733–808 in A. T. S. Ramsay, ed. Oceanic Micropaleontology 1. Academic Press, London.

  • Odé, H. 1991b. Distribution and records of the marine Mollusca in the northwest Gulf of Mexico (a continuing monograph), families Cavoliniidae and Peraclididae. Texas Conchologist 27(3–4): 72–83.

  • 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.

  • Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute Publication 54: viii + 183.

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, 04-19-2024.

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