Cliopsidae
Sign in to saveThe Cliopsidae, common name sea angels, are a taxonomic family of small, free-swimming sea slugs, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the order Opisthobranchia.
Species
クリオプシス科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderPteropoda
- FamilyCliopsidae
Habitatmarine
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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.
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