Fowlerina

Fowlerina, one kind of "sea angel", is a genus of small sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Clionidae.

Fowlerina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Gymnosomata
Superfamily:
Clionoidea
Family:
Clionidae
Genus:
Fowlerina

(Pelseneer, 1906)
Species

See text

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.

Species

Species in the genus Fowlerina include:

  • Fowlerina punctata Tesch, 1903
  • Fowlerina zetesios Pelseneer, 1906
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