Cavolinia tridentata Cavolinia tridentata is a species of sea butterflies, floating and swimming sea snails or sea slugs, pelagic marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cavoliniidae. Formae Cavolinia tridentata f. affinis (d'Orbigny, 1836) Cavolinia tridentata f. kraussi Tesch, 1913 Cavolinia tridentata f. tridentata (Forskål, 1775) Description The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm. Distribution This marine species has a wide distribution: European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean (Azores, Cape Verde), the Northwest Atlantic (Gulf of Maine), Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Lesser Antilles, Indian Ocean (Mascarene Basin), the Indo-Pacific and off New Zealand. Habitat Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 4791 m. Notes References Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 122 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda Willan, R. (2009). Opisthobranchia (Mollusca). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Janssen A.W. (2012) Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. Bollettino Malacologico 48 (suppl. 9): 1-105. Category:Cavoliniidae Category:Molluscs described in 1775 Category:Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean Category:Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea Category:Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean Category:Fauna of the Indian Ocean Category:Molluscs of the Azores Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde