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Cuvierina atlantica

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Cuvierina atlantica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Pteropoda
Superfamily: Cavolinioidea
Family: Cuvierinidae
Genus: Cuvierina
Species:
C. atlantica
Binomial name
Cuvierina atlantica
Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972
Synonyms
  • Cuvierina columnella atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972 (original rank)
  • Cuvierina columnella f. atlantica van der Spoel, 1970 (not available: infrasubspecific name established after 1960)
  • Cuvierina major Rampal, 2019

Cuvierina atlantica is a species of sea mollusk, commonly known as a sea-angel pteropod. [1]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Anatomy

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The gastropod has small flaps it uses to swim, as well as a cylindrical shell for protection.

General information

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Cuvierina atlantica are able to generate thrust on two occasions during each wingbeat cycle, in comparison with sea butterflies that swim like flapping insects, which only generate thrust once. [2]

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Cuvierina atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246649 on 2023-11-19
  2. ^ journals.biologists.com https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/223/15/jeb232546/224542/Flexible-sea-butterflies-embrace-to-thrust. Retrieved 2023-11-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Be A.W.H., MacClintock C. & Currie D.C. (1972). Helical shell structure. and growth of the pteropod Cuvierina columnella (Rang) (Mollusca,. Gastropoda). Biomineralization Research Reports. 4, 47-79.
  • Rampal J. (2019). Euthecosomata (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Thecosomata). A taxonomic review. Bollettino Malacologico. 55: 145-186.
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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