Corolla spectabilis
Spectacular corolla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
Order: | Pteropoda |
Family: | Cymbuliidae |
Genus: | Corolla |
Species: | C. spectabilis |
Binomial name | |
Corolla spectabilis (Dall, 1871) | |
Synonyms | |
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Corolla spectabilis, common name: spectacular corolla, is a species of sea butterfly, a floating and swimming sea snail in the family Cymbuliidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is oceanic and has been recorded in European waters, the Gulf of Mexico, and off the coast of Florida, California, Bermuda, Venezuela and Brazil.
Description
[edit]The overall length of adults of this sea butterfly is 40 millimetres (1.6 in).
References
[edit]- ^ "Corolla spectabilis Dall, 1871". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
Further reading
[edit]- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- "The Nautilus". 3–5. University of California, Los Angeles. 1890: 31.
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