Cliopsidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Pteropoda
- Family
- Cliopsidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Cliopsidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cliopsidae
The Cliopsidae, common name sea angels, are a taxonomic family of small, free-swimming sea slugs, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the order Opisthobranchia.
As is the case in all gymnosome pteropods, these sea angels lack a shell except during an early embryonic stage.
The small lateral wing-like flaps (parapodia) are used in a slow swimming mode. The foot is reduced to three small median lobes.
...Cliopsidae in languages:
- Japanese
- クリオプシス科