What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Cigar Pteropod been recorded?

Cuvierina columnella occurrence evidence comes from 572 records in 25 countries and territories, from 1873 to 2017. Most records come from United States.

GastropodaPteropodaCavoliniidaeCuvierina

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

572 records across 25 countries and territories, 1873–2017.

Cuvierina columnella · GBIF taxon key 2293835

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

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Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Cigar Pteropod has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Cigar Pteropod. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 281
Philippines 173
Indonesia 12
Mexico 12
Malaysia 11
Brazil 9
US Virgin Islands 8
Cuba 6
Hong Kong 5
Puerto Rico 5
Bermuda 4
Bahamas 4
China 4
Anguilla 3
Australia 3
Spain 3
Portugal 3
Taiwan 2
British Virgin Islands 2
Argentina 1
Colombia 1
Japan 1
Montserrat 1
New Zealand 1
French Polynesia 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.