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Cymbuliidae
Sign in to saveCymbuliidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cymbulioidea.
Species
ヤジリカンテンカメガイ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderPteropoda
- FamilyCymbuliidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Cymbuliidae
- Collections
- CAS, UF, WAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia
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Cymbuliidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cymbulioidea.
== Description == Instead of an external calcareous shell, they possess a pseudoconch, consisting of conchiolin, a cartilaginous tissue. The mantle and the gill have disappeared as well. They breathe through the skin. They prefer warm water.
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