Thecosomata

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Sea butterfly - Destin,Florida 2015, Copyright Dr.Alicia Hermosillo

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AphiaID:: 13703

Scientific:: Thecosomata
German:: Seeschmetterling
English:: Sea Butterfly

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Thecosomata (Order) > (Family) > Thecosomata (Genus) > (Species)

Occurrence:: Florida
Food:: fytoplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated
Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-03-06 13:58:52
Last edit:: 2016-03-06 13:58:52

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Thecosomata (case/shell-body)

Sea butterflies are small pelagic swimming transparent sea snails.The most of them have a calcified shell.They feed on phytoplankton.in the epipelagic.

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