wavy clio

Clio recurva

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pteropoda
Family: Cliidae

The genus Clio is a taxonomic group of small floating sea snails, commonly called sea butterflies. These animals are pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks, and the sole genus belonging to the family Cliidae. All species within this genus exhibit a bilaterally symmetrical shell that is either straight or slightly curved dorso-ventrally towards the apex.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

DescriptionClio (gastropod), Wikipedia contributors

wavy clio

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