Ghost Wingfoot
Gleba cordata Forsskål, 1776
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
- Gleba cordata Forsskål, 1776
- Name authority
- Forsskål, 1776
- Common name
- Ghost Wingfoot
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Pteropoda
- Family
- Cymbuliidae
- Genus
- Gleba
- 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
- orderPteropoda Cuvier, 1804
- suborderPseudothecosomata Meisenheimer, 1905
- superfamilyCymbulioidea J. E. Gray, 1840
- familyCymbuliidae J. E. Gray, 1840
- subfamilyGlebinae van der Spoel, 1976
- genusGleba Forsskål, 1776
- speciesGleba cordata Forsskål, 1776
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Tiedemannia creniptera Krohn, 1844 Krohn, 1844 | synonym |
| Tiedemannia hyalina Tiberi, 1878 Tiberi, 1878 | synonym |
| Tiedemannia napolitana van Beneden, 1839 van Beneden, 1839 | 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.
- Niebuhr, C. (Ed.). (1776). Icones rerum naturalium, quas in itinere orientali depingi curavit Petrus Forskål, prof. Haun., post mortem auctoris... edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae [Copenhague], Möller, pp. 1–15, 43 pls. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.70772 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:3G6TW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.