Corolla spectabilis

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Spectacular corolla
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Pteropoda
Family: Cymbuliidae
Genus: Corolla
Species:
C. spectabilis
Binomial name
Corolla spectabilis
(Dall, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Cymbuliopsis spectabilis

Corolla spectabilis, common name: spectacular corolla, is a species of sea butterfly, a floating and swimming sea snail in the family Cymbuliidae.[1]

Distribution

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This species is oceanic and has been recorded in European waters, the Gulf of Mexico, and off the coast of Florida, California, Bermuda, Venezuela and Brazil.

Description

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The overall length of adults of this sea butterfly is 40 millimetres (1.6 in).

References

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Further reading

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  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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