Fowlerina
Fowlerina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Gymnosomata |
Superfamily: | Clionoidea |
Family: | Clionidae |
Genus: | Fowlerina (Pelseneer, 1906) |
Species | |
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Fowlerina, one kind of "sea angel", is a genus of small sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Clionidae.
Sometimes called pteropods, these are floating pelagic creatures which swim by flapping two wing-like extensions of their body known as parapodia.
Please also see: Sea angel and Clionidae.
Species
Species in the genus Fowlerina include:
- Fowlerina punctata Tesch, 1903
- Fowlerina zetesios Pelseneer, 1906
References
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