Fowlerina
| Fowlerina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Gymnosomata |
| Superfamily: | Clionoidea |
| Family: | Clionidae |
| Genus: | Fowlerina (Pelseneer, 1906) |
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Fowlerina, one kind of "sea angel", is a genus of small sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Clionidae.
Sometimes called pteropods, these are floating pelagic creatures which swim by flapping two wing-like extensions of their body known as parapodia.
Please also see: Sea angel and Clionidae.
Species
Species in the genus Fowlerina include:
- Fowlerina punctata Tesch, 1903
- Fowlerina zetesios Pelseneer, 1906
References
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