Cliopsidae

Cliopsidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Euopisthobranchia
Superfamily:	Clionoidea
Family:	Cliopsidae (Costa, 1873)
Genera
Cliopsis Pruvotella

The Cliopsidae, common name sea angels, are a taxonomic family of small, free-swimming sea slugs, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the order Opisthobranchia.

As is the case in all gymnosome pteropods, these sea angels lack a shell except during an early embryonic stage.

The small lateral wing-like flaps (parapoda) are used in a slow swimming mode. The foot is reduced to three small median lobes.

Genera and species[]

Genera and species within the family Cliopsidae include:

Genus Cliopsis Troschel, 1854

• Cliopsis krohnii Troschel, 1854 ^[1]

Genus Pruvotella

• Pruvot-Fol, 1942
  • Distribution : Bermuda, Oceanic
  • Length : 10 mm

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