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Cavoliniidae
Sign in to saveThe family Cavoliniidae is a taxonomic group of small floating sea snails, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.
Taxonomy · GBIF
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderPteropoda
- FamilyCavoliniidae
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Life habits
- Taxonomy
- 2005 taxonomy
- Genera
- Clioinae
- Cuvierininae
- Creseinae
- References
- Further reading
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".