Cavolinioidea
The superfamily Cavolinioidea is the most speciose group of sea butterflies. They belong to the suborder Euthecosomata.
| Cavolinioidea | |
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| An unidentified sea butterfly | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Order: | Pteropoda |
| Suborder: | Euthecosomata |
| Superfamily: | Cavolinioidea (Gray, 1850) |
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Sea butterflies (thecosomata) are pelagic marine gastropods, so called because they swim by flapping their wing-like parapodia.
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