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Cavoliniidae

Synonyms: Cleodoridae; Cuvieridae; Hyalaeidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The family Cavoliniidae is a taxonomic group of small floating sea snails, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. This family is part of a larger group which is commonly known as the sea butterflies because they swim by flapping what appear to be small "wings".
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Genus

Cavolinia (Gibbose cavoline) (39)
Cuvierina (14)
Diacria (Fourtoothed cavoline) (15)
Diacrolinia (10)
Edithinella (5)
Gamopleura (4)
Johnjagtia (2)
Spoelia (1)
Telodiacria (4)
Triptera (1)
Vaginella (18)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0