Clionina

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Clionina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Opisthobranchia
Suborder: Gymnosomata
Family: Clionidae
Genus: Clionina
Species

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Clionina, commonly known as sea angels or pteropods, is a genus of small floating sea slugs, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Clionidae.

They are very small and gelatinous, mostly transparent, and they only have a shell during their embryonic stage.


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