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Cigar pteropod

Cuvierina columnella (Rang, 1827)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The cigar pteropod (Cuvierina columnella) is a species in the family Cuvierinidae, order Pteropoda.

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Quick facts about the cigar pteropod

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cigar pteropod live?

Not recorded

Is the cigar pteropod endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cigar pteropod classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderPteropoda
  5. familyCuvierinidae
  6. genusCuvierina
  7. SpeciesCuvierina columnella (Rang, 1827)

Synonyms Cleodora obtusa, Creseis caliciformis, Cuvieria columnella, Cuvieria minor, Cuvierina columnella, Cuvierina spoeli, Herse columnella, Triptera rosea

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Flask sea butterflyEnglish
  • Cuvier-SeeschmetterlingGerman
  • ウキヅツガイJapanese
  • 곰방대고둥Korean
  • 筒蝶螺Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cigar pteropod

Other species in the same genus Cuvierina.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the cigar pteropod?

The cigar pteropod (Cuvierina columnella) belongs to the family Cuvierinidae in the order Pteropoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cigar pteropod (Cuvierina columnella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cigar-pteropod

MLA

“Cigar pteropod (Cuvierina columnella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cigar-pteropod.

BibTeX
@misc{cigar_pteropod_2026,
  title = {Cigar pteropod (Cuvierina columnella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cigar-pteropod},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}