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3 unusual facts about Cavoliniidae


Cavoliniidae

The parapodia are also covered with cilia, which produce a minute water current that pushes the planktonic food to the mouth of the animal.

Cavolinia tridentata (Niebuhr, 1775) – Three-tooth Cavoline, Distribution: circumglobal, Gulf of Mexico, Mascarene Islands, Western Atlantic, South Africa, Red Sea.

Cliidae

This family name has for a long time been known as Clioidae, or the subfamily Clioinae Jeffreys, 1869 belonging to the family Cavoliniidae, each time with the type genus Clio Linnaeus, 1767.


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