Corolla spectabilis

Corolla spectabilis
Corolla spectabilis
Corolla spectabilis on a 1995 stamp from Azerbaijan.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Thecosomata
Superfamily: Cymbulioidea
Family: Cymbuliidae
Genus: Corolla
Species: C. spectabilis
Binomial name
Corolla spectabilis
(Dall, 1871)

Corolla spectabilis, common name the spectacular corolla, is a species of sea butterfly, a floating and swimming sea snail or sea slug, a pelagic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymbuliidae. [1]

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Distribution

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

Description

The overall length of adults of this sea butterfly is 40 mm.

References

  1. ^ WoRMS : Corolla spectabilis accessed : 13 October 2010]
  • 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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