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Cavoliniidae
Cavolinia tridentata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Pteropoda
Suborder: Euthecosomata
Superfamily: Cavolinioidea
Family: Cavoliniidae
(Gray, 1850 (1815))
Synonyms
  • Cleodoridae Gray, 1840
  • Hyalaeidae Rafinesque, 1815

The family Cavoliniidae is a taxonomic group of small floating sea snails, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.[1]

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".

  1. ^ Gofas, S. (2011). Cavoliniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23000 on 30 April 2011

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