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Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)
139045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139045)
accepted
Species
Cavolinia reeveana Dunker, 1853 · unaccepted
Cavolinia trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) · unaccepted
Cleodora compressa Souleyet, 1852 · unaccepted
Cleodora infundibulum S. V. Wood, 1842 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Diacria atlantica Dupont, 1998 · unaccepted
Diacria bisulcata Gabb, 1873 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Diacria rubecula Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998 · unaccepted
Diacria spinosa [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Diacria trispinosa f. bisulcata Gabb, 1873 † · unaccepted (Infrasubspecific name)
Diacria trispinosa heterocolorata Rampal, 2002 · unaccepted
Hyalaea depressa Bivona e Bernardi, 1832 · unaccepted
Hyalaea mucronata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 · unaccepted
Hyalaea reeveana Dunker, 1853 · unaccepted
Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Hyalaea trispinosa var. minor Boas, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Diacria trispinosa trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)
- Forma Diacria trispinosa f. bisulcata Gabb, 1873 † accepted as Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) (Infrasubspecific name)
- Subspecies Diacria trispinosa heterocolorata Rampal, 2002 accepted as Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1821). Hyale, <i>Hyalæa</i> (Malacoz.), pp. 65-83, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 22. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23050902
page(s): 82; note: name attributed by Blainville to Lesueur [details]
page(s): 82; note: name attributed by Blainville to Lesueur [details]
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian.
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139045 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Diacria atlantica Dupont, 1998) Bontes B. & van der Spoel S. (1998). Variation in the <i>Diacria trispinosa</i> group, new interpretation of colour patterns and description of <i>Di. rubecula</i> n. sp.. <i>Bulletin, Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 16(11)</i>: 77-87 [details]
original description (of Diacria trispinosa heterocolorata Rampal, 2002) 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]
original description (of Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1821). Hyale, <i>Hyalæa</i> (Malacoz.), pp. 65-83, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 22. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23050902
page(s): 82; note: name attributed by Blainville to Lesueur [details]
original description (of Cleodora infundibulum S. V. Wood, 1842 †) Wood, S.V. (1842). A catalog of shells from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 9: 455-462; 527-544, pl. 5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312928
page(s): 459, pl. 5, fig. 13 [details]
original description (of Cleodora compressa Souleyet, 1852) Eydoux, J. F. T. & Souleyet, L. F. A. (1852). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie, Tome Deuxième. <em>Zoologie. Bertrand, Paris.</em> 664 pp., Paris (Arthus Bertrand)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738
page(s): 181, pl. 6, figs 26-32 [details]
original description (of Hyalaea reeveana Dunker, 1853) Dunker, W. (1853). <i>Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.</i>. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134 [details]
original description (of Hyalaea trispinosa var. minor Boas, 1886) Boas, J.E.V. (1886). Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til pteropodernes Morfologi og Systematik samt til Kundskaben om deres geografiske Udbredelse. [Spolia Atlantica. Contribution to the Morphology and Systematics of the pteropods and to the knowledge of their geographical distribution. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter,.</em> (6)4:1-231, figs. A-Q, pls. 1-8. (copepod pp.34)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442734 [details]
original description (of Diacria bisulcata Gabb, 1873 †) Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 200 [details]
original description (of Cavolinia reeveana Dunker, 1853) Dunker, W. (1853). <i>Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.</i>. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134 [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 Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 Cecalupo, A. (1988). Rinvenimento di specie rara al largo della Sardegna sud-orientale (Contributo IV). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 24: 33-39., available online at http://www.societaitalianadimalacologia.it/Bollettino/Bollettino%201988/033-039%20Cecalupo%201988%20Specie%20rare%20Sardegna%20IV.pdf [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
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Janssen, A. W. (2004). Holoplanktonic molluscan assemblages (Gastropoda, Heteropoda, Thecosomata) from the Pliocene of Estepona (Spain, Malaga). <em>Palaeontos.</em> 5: 103-131. [details]
additional source Janssen, A. W. (2007). Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from the gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea and gulf of Aden (Late Holocene-Recent). <em>The Veliger.</em> 49 (3): 140-195., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42498091 [details]
additional source Janssen, A. W. (1995). Systematic revision of holoplanktonic Mollusca in the collections of the “Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra” at Torino, Italy. <em>Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monografie.</em> 17: 233 pp., 14 pls. [details]
additional source Janssen, A. W. (2012). Early Pliocene heteropods and pteropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Le Puget-sur-Argens (Var), France. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 9 (2): 145-187., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/541765 [details]
additional source Janssen, A. W. (1998). Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Heteropoda and Thecosomata) from the Pliocene Bowden beds, Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology.</em> 35 (1-4): 95-111., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/521634 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Janssen, A. W.; Bush, S. L. & Bednaršek, N. (2019). The shelled pteropods of the northeast Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Heterobranchia, Pteropoda). <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 305-346. [details]
original description (of Diacria trispinosa heterocolorata Rampal, 2002) 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]
original description (of Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1821). Hyale, <i>Hyalæa</i> (Malacoz.), pp. 65-83, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 22. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23050902
page(s): 82; note: name attributed by Blainville to Lesueur [details]
original description (of Cleodora infundibulum S. V. Wood, 1842 †) Wood, S.V. (1842). A catalog of shells from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 9: 455-462; 527-544, pl. 5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312928
page(s): 459, pl. 5, fig. 13 [details]
original description (of Cleodora compressa Souleyet, 1852) Eydoux, J. F. T. & Souleyet, L. F. A. (1852). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie, Tome Deuxième. <em>Zoologie. Bertrand, Paris.</em> 664 pp., Paris (Arthus Bertrand)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738
page(s): 181, pl. 6, figs 26-32 [details]
original description (of Hyalaea reeveana Dunker, 1853) Dunker, W. (1853). <i>Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.</i>. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134 [details]
original description (of Hyalaea trispinosa var. minor Boas, 1886) Boas, J.E.V. (1886). Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til pteropodernes Morfologi og Systematik samt til Kundskaben om deres geografiske Udbredelse. [Spolia Atlantica. Contribution to the Morphology and Systematics of the pteropods and to the knowledge of their geographical distribution. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter,.</em> (6)4:1-231, figs. A-Q, pls. 1-8. (copepod pp.34)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442734 [details]
original description (of Diacria bisulcata Gabb, 1873 †) Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 200 [details]
original description (of Cavolinia reeveana Dunker, 1853) Dunker, W. (1853). <i>Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.</i>. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134 [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 Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 Cecalupo, A. (1988). Rinvenimento di specie rara al largo della Sardegna sud-orientale (Contributo IV). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 24: 33-39., available online at http://www.societaitalianadimalacologia.it/Bollettino/Bollettino%201988/033-039%20Cecalupo%201988%20Specie%20rare%20Sardegna%20IV.pdf [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
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Janssen, A. W. (2004). Holoplanktonic molluscan assemblages (Gastropoda, Heteropoda, Thecosomata) from the Pliocene of Estepona (Spain, Malaga). <em>Palaeontos.</em> 5: 103-131. [details]
additional source Janssen, A. W. (2007). Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from the gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea and gulf of Aden (Late Holocene-Recent). <em>The Veliger.</em> 49 (3): 140-195., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42498091 [details]
additional source Janssen, A. W. (1995). Systematic revision of holoplanktonic Mollusca in the collections of the “Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra” at Torino, Italy. <em>Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monografie.</em> 17: 233 pp., 14 pls. [details]
additional source Janssen, A. W. (2012). Early Pliocene heteropods and pteropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Le Puget-sur-Argens (Var), France. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 9 (2): 145-187., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/541765 [details]
additional source Janssen, A. W. (1998). Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Heteropoda and Thecosomata) from the Pliocene Bowden beds, Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology.</em> 35 (1-4): 95-111., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/521634 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Janssen, A. W.; Bush, S. L. & Bednaršek, N. (2019). The shelled pteropods of the northeast Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Heterobranchia, Pteropoda). <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 305-346. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian. [details]Habitat Epipelagic [details]
Habitat Mesopelagic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | three-spine cavoline | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diacria rubecula Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (102 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Cavolinia trispinosa (Blainville, 1821))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diacria trispinosa)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) Atlantic Ocean, off W Scotland, Rockall Trough, NIOZ, Moundforce 2004, Sta. 29, by dredging, at 1443 m depth, collected 7th September 2004, ex col...
To Malacopics (Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) Panama, off Panama, at 400 m depth, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To PESI (from synonym Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821)
To PESI (from synonym Hyalaea trispinosa var. minor Boas, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Diacria atlantica Dupont, 1998)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Diacria rubecula Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diacria rubecula Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (102 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Cavolinia trispinosa (Blainville, 1821))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diacria trispinosa)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) Atlantic Ocean, off W Scotland, Rockall Trough, NIOZ, Moundforce 2004, Sta. 29, by dredging, at 1443 m depth, collected 7th September 2004, ex col...
To Malacopics (Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) Panama, off Panama, at 400 m depth, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To PESI (from synonym Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821)
To PESI (from synonym Hyalaea trispinosa var. minor Boas, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Diacria atlantica Dupont, 1998)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Diacria rubecula Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
 atlantica.jpg "To Malacopics (Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) Atlantic Ocean, off W Scotland, Rockall Trough, NIOZ, Moundforce 2004, Sta. 29, by dredging, at 1443 m depth, collected 7th September 2004, ex col...")
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