Clione
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| Clione | |
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| Clione limacina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Clionoidea |
| Family: | Clionidae |
| Subfamily: | Clioninae |
| Genus: | Clione Pallas, 1774[1] |
Clione is a genus of small floating sea slug[disambiguation needed 
]s, pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clionidae, the sea angels.
Clione is the type genus of the family Clionidae.[2]
[edit] Species
Species within the genus Clione include:
- Clione antarctica (Smith, 1902)
- Clione limacina (Phipps, 1774)
[edit] References
- ^ Pallas P. S. (1774). Spic. Zool. 10: 28.
- ^ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.
[edit] Further reading
- Gilmer R. W. & Lalli C. M. (1990). "Bipolar variation in Clione, a gymnosomatous pteropod". Am. Malacol. Union Bull. 8(1): 67-75.
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