Cavoliniidae
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The family Cavoliniidae is a taxonomic group of small floating sea snails, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.[1]
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Cavoliniidae | |
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Cavolinia tridentata | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
Order: | Pteropoda |
Suborder: | Euthecosomata |
Superfamily: | Cavolinioidea |
Family: | Cavoliniidae (Gray, 1850 (1815)) |
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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".