Cuvierinidae is a family of
gastropods
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. Ther ...
belonging to the order
Pteropoda
Pteropoda (common name pteropods, from the Greek meaning "wing-foot") are specialized free-swimming pelagic sea snails and sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropods. Most live in the top 10 m of the ocean and are less than 1 cm long. ...
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cuvierinidae van der Spoel, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411906 on 2021-06-15]
Genera:
* ''
Cuvierina''
Boas, 1886
* †''
Ireneia''
Janssen, 1995
* † ''
Johnjagtia''
A. W. Janssen, 2005
* † ''
Spoelia''
A. W. Janssen, 1990
;Taxon inquirendum:
* ''Triptera''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
;Synonyms:
* ''Cuvieria''
Rang, 1827: synonym of ''Cuvierina''
Boas, 1886 (invalid: junior homonym of ''Cuvieria''
Lesueur & Petit, 1807; ''Herse'', ''Hyperia'', ''Cuvierina'' and ''Rangistela'' are replacement names)
* ''Herse''
Gistel, 1848: synonym of ''Cuvierina''
Boas, 1886 (substitute name for ''Cuvieria''
Rang, 1827; invalid: junior homonym of ''Herse''
Hawle & Corda, 1847 rilobita
* ''Hyperia''
Gistel, 1848: synonym of Cuvierina Boas, 1886 (Invalid: junior homonym of Hyperia Latreille, 1829
rustacea
* ''Rangistela''
Pruvot-Fol, 1948: synonym of ''Cuvierina''
Boas, 1886
* ''Tripteris''
ic synonym of ''Cuvierina''
Boas, 1886
References
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Pteropoda
Gastropod families