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Pteropoda (common name pteropods, from the Greek meaning "wing-foot") are specialized free-swimming pelagic sea snails and sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropods.Most live in the top 10 m of the ocean and are less than 1 cm long.
"Butterflies of San Francisco Bay Area". Wildlife of San Francisco Bay. 2019 "California's Pest Snails and Slugs". University of California. 2021 "California Terrestrial and Vernal Pool Invertebrates of Conservation Priority". California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 12 June 2017
Callianax biplicata, common names the purple dwarf olive, purple olive shell, or purple olivella is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives. [1]
Cerithideopsis californica, common name the California hornsnail [2] or the California horn snail, [3] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae. [4] This series was previously known as Cerithidea californica .
Limacina helicina is a species of small swimming planktonic sea snail, in the family Limacinidae. It belongs to the group commonly known as sea butterflies (Thecosomata). [7] [8] Limacina helicina is a keystone species of mesozooplankton in Arctic pelagic ecosystems. [9] [10] [11]
Etymological meaning of the generic name Limacina is "snail-like". [4] As pelagic marine gastropods, Limacina swim by flapping their parapodia, inspiring the common name sea butterflies. Sea butterflies are part of the clade Thecosomata. Sea angels, similar to Limacina, are in the order Gymnosomata. Both of these orders are still referred to as ...
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda. [2] [3]Pardalinops testudinaria. These snails are characterized by their elongated, spiral shells and their carnivorous feeding habits.
Caenogastropoda is a taxonomic subclass of molluscs in the class Gastropoda.It is a large diverse group which are mostly sea snails and other marine gastropod mollusks, but also includes some freshwater snails and some land snails.