Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Cavolinia flava		Mediterranean Sea.	1.1 DL	1835
Cavolinia gibbosa	Gibbose cavoline	Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci		1836
Cavolinia globosa		Western Central Atlantic
Cavolinia globulosa		Pacific Ocean.		1851
Cavolinia inflexa	Inflexed cavoline	Pacific Ocean, Western At	0.7 DL	1813
Cavolinia labiata		Western Atlantic and East	0.7 DL	1835
Cavolinia plana		Western Atlantic and East		1905
Cavolinia tridentata	Three-tooth cavoline	Pacific Ocean, Western At		1775
Cavolinia uncinata	Uncinate cavoline	Pacific Ocean, Western At	1.1 DL	1829
Clio andreae		Southwest Atlantic	2 TL	1886
Clio antarctica		Southwest Atlantic		1908
Clio chaptalii		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1850
Clio convexa		Indo-Pacific.	0.8 DL	1886
Clio cuspidata	Cuspidate Clio	Western Atlantic, Western	3 DL	1802
Clio piatkowskii		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1992
Clio polita	Two-keel Clio	Atlantic Ocean.		1888
Clio pyramidata	Pyramid Clio	Cosmopolitan.	2 DL	1767
Clio recurva	Wavy Clio	Western Atlantic and Paci	3 DL	1823
Clio sulcata		Antarctic, Atlantic Ocean	2.2 DL	1879
Creseis acicula	Straight needle-pteropod	Indo-Pacific, Western Atl	3.3 DL	1828
Creseis chierchiae		Western Central Atlantic	0.3 TL	1886
Creseis clava		Northwest Pacific		1828
Creseis conica		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W	0.4 DL	1829
Creseis virgula	Curved needle-pteropod	Cosmopolitan. Tropical t	0.7 DL	1828
Cuvierina cancapae		Atlantic Ocean.	0.9 DL	2005
Cuvierina columnella	Cigar pteropod	Indo-Pacific, Western Pac		1827
Cuvierina spoeli		Mediterranean Sea.		2002
Cuvierina urceolaris		Western Central Pacific		1850
Diacavolinia angulosa		Western Central Pacific		1850
Diacavolinia bicornis		Western Atlantic and Indi	0.8 DL	1993
Diacavolinia constricta		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1993
Diacavolinia deblainvillei		Western Atlantic		1993
Diacavolinia deshayesi		Western Atlantic		1993
Diacavolinia elegans		Western Atlantic and West		1993
Diacavolinia flexipes		Indian Ocean.	0.8 DL	1993
Diacavolinia limbata		Western Atlantic and the		1836
Diacavolinia longirostris	Shelled pteropod	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	0.7 DL	1821
Diacavolinia mcgowani		Eastern Pacific.	0.6 DL	1993
Diacavolinia ovalis		Western Atlantic.		1993
Diacavolinia robusta		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1993
Diacavolinia strangulata		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1823
Diacria atlantica		Atlantic Ocean and the Me	1.1 DL	1998
Diacria costata		Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1879
Diacria danae		Western Atlantic and East		1982
Diacria maculata		Western Atlantic and Paci		1988
Diacria major		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1886
Diacria quadridentata		Pacific Ocean and the Med		1821
Diacria rampali		Atlantic Ocean.	1.0 DL	1979
Diacria rubecula		Atlantic Ocean.	1.1 DL	1998
Diacria schmidti		Atlantic Ocean.		1982
Diacria trispinosa	Three-spine cavoline	Indo-Pacific, Western Atl		1821
Euclio balatium		Northwest Pacific		1828
Hyalocylis obtusa		Mediterranean Sea.		1974
Hyalocylis striata	Striate clio	Western Atlantic, Western	0.8 DL	1828
Styliola subula	Keeled clio	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	1.3 DL	1827

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Cavoliniidae (See list of species below)

Family: Cavoliniidae

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