Corolla (gastropod)

Corolla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Thecosomata
Superfamily: Cymbulioidea
Family: Cymbuliidae
Genus: Corolla
Dall, 1871
Type species
Corolla spectabilis Dall, 1871
Species

See text

Synonyms

Cymbuliopsis Pelseneer, 1887

Corolla is a genus of pelagic "sea butterflies". These are holoplanktonic opisthobranch molluscs belonging to the family Cymbuliidae. They are preyed upon by the gymnosome pteropods of the genus Cliopsis.[1]

Species

Species within this genus include:

References

  1. WoRMS : Corolla accessed : 23 July 2012


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