Fowlerina
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Fowlerina, also known as one kind of "sea angel", is a genus of small sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Clionidae.
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.
[edit] Species in the genus Fowlerina
- Fowlerina punctata Tesch, 1903
- Fowlerina zetesios Pelseneer, 1906
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