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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Order: | Pteropoda |
| Family: | Cymbuliidae |
| Subfamily: | Glebinae |
| Genus: | Corolla Dall, 1871 |
| Type species | |
| Corolla spectabilis Dall, 1871 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cymbuliopsis Pelseneer, 1887 | |
Corolla is a genus of pelagic "sea butterflies". These are holoplanktonic opisthobranch molluscs belonging to the family Cymbuliidae. They are preyed upon by the gymnosome pteropods of the genus Cliopsis.
Species
Species within this genus include:
- Corolla calceola (A. E. Verrill, 1880) -- Atlantic corolla
- Distribution: Oceanic
- Length: 40 mm
- Corolla chrysosticta (Troschel, 1854)
- Corolla cupula Rampal, 1996
- Corolla intermedia (Tesch, 1903)
- Distribution: Florida, Oceanic
- Length: 39 mm
- Corolla ovata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
- Distribution: Florida, Bermuda, Oceanic
- Length: 40 mm
- Corolla spectabilis (Dall, 1871) Spectacular corolla
References
- WoRMS : Corolla accessed : 23 July 2012
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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