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Three-tooth Cavoline
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Snails & slugs

Three-tooth Cavoline

Cavolinia tridentata (Forsskål, 1775)

Names

EnglishThree-tooth Cavoline
Dutch—
SpanishCavolina de tres dientes
Chinese龟螺
Scientific nameCavolinia tridentata (Forsskål, 1775)

About this species

Cavolinia tridentata is a species of sea butterflies, floating and swimming sea snails or sea slugs, pelagic marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cavoliniidae. It is a common species and is widespread, being found in European waters, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean. It lives in the photic zone of the ocean between 0 and 30 m in depth.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderPteropoda
FamilyCavoliniidae
GenusCavolinia

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