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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 superseded combination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 2025-09-10
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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 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 ITIS
To Malacopics (Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) Panama, off Panama, at 400 m depth, ex coll. J. Trausel)
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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