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Three-spine cavoline

Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The three-spine cavoline (Diacria trispinosa) is a species in the family Cavoliniidae, order Pteropoda.

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Quick facts about the three-spine 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 three-spine cavoline live?

Not recorded

Is the three-spine 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 three-spine cavoline classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderPteropoda
  5. familyCavoliniidae
  6. genusDiacria
  7. SpeciesDiacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)

Synonyms Cavolina trispinosa, Cavolinia reeveana, Cavolinia trispinosa, Cleodora compressa, Cleodora infundibulum, Diacria atlantica, Diacria bisulcata, Diacria rubecula, Diacria spinosa, Diacria trispinosa, Diacria trispinosa f. bisulcata, Diacria trispinosa heterocolorata, Hyalaea depressa, Hyalaea mucronata, Hyalaea reeveana, Hyalaea trispinosa, Hyalaea trispinosa var. minor

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Dreistachlige DiacriaGerman
  • ヒラカメガイJapanese
  • Driedoornige wimpelvleugelslakDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the three-spine cavoline

Other species in the same genus Diacria.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the three-spine cavoline?

The three-spine cavoline (Diacria trispinosa) belongs to the family Cavoliniidae 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). Three-spine cavoline (Diacria trispinosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/three-spine-cavoline

MLA

“Three-spine cavoline (Diacria trispinosa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/three-spine-cavoline.

BibTeX
@misc{three_spine_cavoline_2026,
  title = {Three-spine cavoline (Diacria trispinosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/three-spine-cavoline},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}