Fowlerina

Fowlerina, one kind of "sea angel", is a genus of small sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Clionidae.

Fowlerina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Family: Clionidae
Subfamily: Clioninae
Genus: Fowlerina
(Pelseneer, 1906)
Species

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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

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