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Inflexed cavoline

Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The inflexed cavoline (Cavolinia inflexa) is a species in the family Cavoliniidae, order Pteropoda.

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Quick facts about the inflexed cavoline

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 inflexed cavoline live?

Not recorded

Is the inflexed cavoline 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 inflexed cavoline classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderPteropoda
  5. familyCavoliniidae
  6. genusCavolinia
  7. SpeciesCavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813)

Synonyms Archonta explorata, Cavolina inflexa, Cavolinia curvata, Cavolinia inflexa f. inflexa, Cavolinia inflexa inflexa, Cleodora curvata, Cleodora pleuropa, Hyalaea depressa, Hyalaea elongata, Hyalaea inflexa, Hyalaea inflexa var. lata, Hyalaea inflexa var. longa, Pleuropus pellucidus

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Fanged sea butterflyEnglish
  • Cavoline incurvéeFrench
  • マサコカメガイJapanese
  • 긴꼬리납작거북고둥Korean
  • Slanke wimpelvleugelslakDutch
  • 寬彎龜螺Chinese
  • 潛水艇駝蝶螺Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the inflexed cavoline

Other species in the same genus Cavolinia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the inflexed cavoline?

The inflexed cavoline (Cavolinia inflexa) belongs to the family Cavoliniidae in the order Pteropoda.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Inflexed cavoline (Cavolinia inflexa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/inflexed-cavoline

MLA

“Inflexed cavoline (Cavolinia inflexa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/inflexed-cavoline.

BibTeX
@misc{inflexed_cavoline_2026,
  title = {Inflexed cavoline (Cavolinia inflexa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/inflexed-cavoline},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}