WoRMS name details
Cavolina Abildgaard, 1791
718777 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:718777)
unaccepted (Emendation to Cavolinia (Opinion 883, 1969, ICZN 26: 28-31))
Genus
- Subgenus Cavolina (Cavolina) Abildgaard, 1791 accepted as Cavolinia Abildgaard, 1791
- Species Cavolina occidentalis Dall, 1908 accepted as Cavolinia tridentata (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
- Species Cavolina strangulata (Hedley, 1907) accepted as Cavolinia strangulata Hedley, 1907 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Abildgaard P. C. (1791). Nyere Efterretning om det Skaldyr fra Middelhavet, som Forskål har beskrevet under Navn af <i>Anomia tridentata</i>.. <i>Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 1 (2)</i>: 171-175, pl. 10 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cavolina Abildgaard, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718777 on 2026-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Abildgaard P. C. (1791). Nyere Efterretning om det Skaldyr fra Middelhavet, som Forskål har beskrevet under Navn af <i>Anomia tridentata</i>.. <i>Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 1 (2)</i>: 171-175, pl. 10 [details]
basis of record Lemche H. (1964). <i>Cavolina</i> Abildgaard, 1791 (Gastropoda): proposed emendation under the plenary powers to <i>Cavolinia</i>. Z.N.(S.) 1103. <i>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature</i> 21: 45-47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12221890
page(s): 45-47 [details]
basis of record Lemche H. (1964). <i>Cavolina</i> Abildgaard, 1791 (Gastropoda): proposed emendation under the plenary powers to <i>Cavolinia</i>. Z.N.(S.) 1103. <i>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature</i> 21: 45-47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12221890
page(s): 45-47 [details]
Other
additional source
ICZN. (1969). Opinion 883. <i>Cavolinia</i> Abildgaard, 1791 (Gastropoda): grant under the plenary powers of precedence over <i>Cavolinia</i> Bruguière, 1791. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 26: 28-31., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44468
page(s): 28 [details]
page(s): 28 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
