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.[1]
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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 | |
Species
editSpecies 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
edit- ^ 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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