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Clione is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

of small floating sea slug

Sea slug

Sea slug is a common name used for several different groups of saltwater snails that either lack a shell or have only an internal shell, in other words this name is used for various lineages of marine gastropod mollusks that are either not conchiferous or appear not to be.The phrase "sea slug" is...

s, pelagic marine

Marine (ocean)

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

gastropod mollusks in the family Clionidae

Clionidae

Clionidae is a family of sea angels, which are a group of pelagic marine gastropods.They are shaped a little like angels, and have flapping "wings", hence their common name. They are gelatinous, mostly transparent pteropods, and they only have shells in their embryonic stage...

, the sea angel

Sea angel

Sea angels previously known as one kind of pteropod, are a large group of small swimming sea slugs in six different families. These are pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the clade Gymnosomata within the larger clade Heterobranchia....

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Clione is the type genus of the family Clionidae.

Species

Species within the genus Clione include:

Clione antarctica
Clione antarctica
Clione antarctica is a species of a pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clionidae.- Distribution :Distribution of Clione antarctica include Southern Hemisphere in polar waters of Antarctica.- Ecology :...

(Smith, 1902)
Clione limacina
Clione limacina
Clione limacina, common name Naked Sea Butterfly or Common Clione, is a sea angel found from the surface to 350 m in depth. Lives in both Arctic and Antarctic Oceans....

(Phipps, 1774)

Species

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