Cigar pteropod

Cuvierina columnella

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth15–1,188 m
Water temperature17–30 °C
Best monthsMarch, May, and December
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) Manuel CABALLER, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Cuvierina columnella is a species of gastropod in the family Cuvierinidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Cuvierina columnella”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 9 records
February: 8 records
March: 36 records
April: 7 records
May: 32 records
June: 30 records
July: 13 records
August: 11 records
September: 3 records
October: 21 records
November: 22 records
December: 33 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 15–1,188 m · Deepest record: 2,980.9 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 6 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 4 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 42 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 17–30 °C

16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 19 records
20–22 °C: 85 records
22–24 °C: 44 records
24–26 °C: 29 records
26–28 °C: 71 records
28–30 °C: 36 records

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Names and classification

English: Cigar pteropod, Flask Sea Butterfly, cigar pteropod, Cigar Pteropod

Names in 2 more languages

German: Cuvier-Seeschmetterling
Japanese: ウキヅツガイ

Other scientific names: Cleodora obtusa, Creseis caliciformis, Cuvieria columnella, Cuvieria minor, Cuvierina (Cuvierina) columnella, Cuvierina spoeli, Herse (Cuvieria) columnella, Herse columnella, Triptera rosea

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
654 open-data records from 1902 to 2025.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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