MolluscaBase taxon details
Cuvierina columnella (Rang, 1827)
139036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139036)
accepted
Species
Cleodora obtusa Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Creseis caliciformis Meisenheimer, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cuvieria columnella Rang, 1827 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cuvieria minor McCoy, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cuvierina (Cuvierina) columnella (Rang, 1827) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cuvierina spoeli Rampal, 2002 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Herse (Cuvieria) columnella (Rang, 1827) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Herse columnella (Rang, 1827) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Triptera rosea Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Cuvierina columnella atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972 accepted as Cuvierina atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Forma Cuvierina columnella f. atlantica van der Spoel, 1970 accepted as Cuvierina atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972 (not available: infrasubspecific name established after 1960)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cuvieria columnella Rang, 1827) Rang, S. (1827). Description de deux genres nouveaux (<i>Cuvieria</i> et <i>Euribia</i>) appartenant à la classe des Ptéropodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 12: 320–329., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6010392
page(s): 323 [details]
page(s): 323 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cuvierina columnella (Rang, 1827). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139036 on 2026-10-06
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original description
(of Cuvieria minor McCoy, 1885) McCoy [M'Coy], F. (1879). Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorial indigenous animals. v. 1: 1-375; v. 2: Pls. 1-200. Government Printer, Melbourne.
page(s): 2 (11): plate 104 [details]
original description (of Creseis caliciformis Meisenheimer, 1905) Meisenheimer J. (1905). Pteropoda. <i>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 9(1)</i>: 1-314, pl. 1-27, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2118602 [details]
original description (of Triptera rosea Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1825). Description de cinq genres de mollusques, et de quatre genres de zoovphytes, découverts pendant le voyage autour du monde commandé par M. L. de Freycinet. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6: 74-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5752703
page(s): 76, pl. 2, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Cleodora obtusa Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824 - 1826). Zoologie. [Zoology.]. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044
page(s): 415, pl. 66, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Cuvierina spoeli 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
page(s): 214-215, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Cuvieria columnella Rang, 1827) Rang, S. (1827). Description de deux genres nouveaux (<i>Cuvieria</i> et <i>Euribia</i>) appartenant à la classe des Ptéropodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 12: 320–329., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6010392
page(s): 323 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
context source (CoRMS) Velásquez L.E. y Lozano F. 1987. Algunos pterópodos Euthecosomata (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) de la bahía de Gaira, Santa Marta (Caribe colombiano). Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Punta de Betín, 17:81-85. ISSN 0120-3959. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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 Collins, R. L. (1934). A monograph of the American Tertiary pteropod mollusks. <em>Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 11: 137-234.</em> [details]
additional source Gardner, J. A. (1938). The molluscan fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. Part VI. Pteropoda, Opisthobranchia and Ctenobranchia (in part). <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 142-F: 251-435, pls 37-48., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0142f/report.pdf
page(s): 258 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 704 [details]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.22 [details]
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 Pelseneer P. (1888). Report on the Pteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part III. Anatomy. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 23 (part 65): 1-132, pl. 1-2., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-65/README.htm
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source 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]
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]
status source Janssen, A. W. (2005). Development of Cuvierinidae (Mollusca, Euthecosomata, Cavolinioidea) during the Cainozoic: a non-cladistic approach with a re-interpretation of Recent taxa. <em>Basteria.</em> 69 (1-3): 25-72., available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=597292 [details]
page(s): 2 (11): plate 104 [details]
original description (of Creseis caliciformis Meisenheimer, 1905) Meisenheimer J. (1905). Pteropoda. <i>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 9(1)</i>: 1-314, pl. 1-27, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2118602 [details]
original description (of Triptera rosea Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1825). Description de cinq genres de mollusques, et de quatre genres de zoovphytes, découverts pendant le voyage autour du monde commandé par M. L. de Freycinet. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6: 74-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5752703
page(s): 76, pl. 2, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Cleodora obtusa Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824 - 1826). Zoologie. [Zoology.]. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044
page(s): 415, pl. 66, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Cuvierina spoeli 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
page(s): 214-215, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Cuvieria columnella Rang, 1827) Rang, S. (1827). Description de deux genres nouveaux (<i>Cuvieria</i> et <i>Euribia</i>) appartenant à la classe des Ptéropodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 12: 320–329., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6010392
page(s): 323 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
context source (CoRMS) Velásquez L.E. y Lozano F. 1987. Algunos pterópodos Euthecosomata (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) de la bahía de Gaira, Santa Marta (Caribe colombiano). Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Punta de Betín, 17:81-85. ISSN 0120-3959. [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Collins, R. L. (1934). A monograph of the American Tertiary pteropod mollusks. <em>Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 11: 137-234.</em> [details]
additional source Gardner, J. A. (1938). The molluscan fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. Part VI. Pteropoda, Opisthobranchia and Ctenobranchia (in part). <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 142-F: 251-435, pls 37-48., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0142f/report.pdf
page(s): 258 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 704 [details]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.22 [details]
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 Pelseneer P. (1888). Report on the Pteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part III. Anatomy. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 23 (part 65): 1-132, pl. 1-2., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-65/README.htm
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source 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]
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]
status source Janssen, A. W. (2005). Development of Cuvierinidae (Mollusca, Euthecosomata, Cavolinioidea) during the Cainozoic: a non-cladistic approach with a re-interpretation of Recent taxa. <em>Basteria.</em> 69 (1-3): 25-72., available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=597292 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Additional information All records for the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean should go to C. atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie 1972 [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Epipelagic [details]Habitat Mesopelagic [details]
Habitat Bathypelagic [details]
Spelling ROLÁN is writing columella, not columnella - spelling variation.
According to Janssen (2005), records of this species from the Cape Verde area should go to Cuvierina cancapae Janssen, 2005. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Flask Sea Butterfly | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Creseis caliciformis Meisenheimer, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Herse columnella (Rang, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cuvierina columnella)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cuvierina spoeli) (from synonym Cuvierina spoeli Rampal, 2002)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cuvierina spoeli Rampal, 2002)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Cuvieria columnella Rang, 1827)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cuvierina columnella (Rang, 1827) Indonesia)
To PESI (from synonym Cuvierina spoeli Rampal, 2002)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Creseis caliciformis Meisenheimer, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Herse columnella (Rang, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cuvierina columnella)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cuvierina spoeli) (from synonym Cuvierina spoeli Rampal, 2002)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cuvierina spoeli Rampal, 2002)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Cuvieria columnella Rang, 1827)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cuvierina columnella (Rang, 1827) Indonesia)
To PESI (from synonym Cuvierina spoeli Rampal, 2002)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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