Butterfly Split-nose Sap-sucker
Cyerce nigricans (Pease, 1866)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyerce nigricans (Pease, 1866)
- Name authority
- (Pease, 1866)
- Common name
- Butterfly Split-nose Sap-sucker
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Caliphyllidae
- Genus
- Cyerce
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassHeterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
- infraclassEuthyneura Spengel, 1881
- subterclassTectipleura
- superorderSacoglossa
- superfamilyPlakobranchoidea J. E. Gray, 1840
- familyCaliphyllidae Tiberi, 1881
- genusCyerce Bergh, 1870
- speciesCyerce nigricans (Pease, 1866)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyerce. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cyerce antillensis H. Engel, 1927 | CaliphyllidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Multi-spotted Split-nose Sap-suckerCyerce bourbonica Yonow, 2012 | CaliphyllidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyerce cristallina (Trinchese, 1881) | CaliphyllidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyerce edmundsi T. E. Thompson, 1977 | CaliphyllidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyerce elegans Bergh, 1870 | CaliphyllidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyerce graeca T. E. Thompson, 1988 | CaliphyllidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyerce kikutarobabai Hamatani, 1976 | CaliphyllidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Warty Split-nose Sap-suckerCyerce pavonina Bergh, 1888 | CaliphyllidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lobifera nigricans Pease, 1866 Pease, 1866 | synonym |
| Cyerce nigra var. ocellata Bergh, 1873 Bergh, 1873 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494516 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32ZPT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.