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This species has been observed on Mayotte Island

Order : Pteropoda Suborder : Pseudothecosomata Family : Cymbuliidae Distribution : Cosmopolitan Maximal size : 80 mm Abundance : Species characteristics : Transparent body, with a cartilaginous pseudoconch having numerous small tubercles Two large "wings" fused together posteriorly
	Showing species characteristics...	Photo Matthias Deuss Mayotte, 19 January 2012, size : 80 mm

Remarks :

Synonymous : (according worms) :
               - No other name

Bibliographic data :

The external shell is replaced by an internal pseudoconch
    Corolla, like all Pseudothecosomata, is characterised by the fusion of the thecosome wings into a single wing plate and the presence of a proboscis formed from the fusion of the lobes of the foot.
    Corolla swims by flapping the wing plate
    As indiscriminate omnivores, they trap a range of prey, including bacteria, copepods and other crustaceans, gastropod larvae, dinoflagellates, diatoms and radiolarians.
    As species of Corolla have mainly been defined on size, it is uncertain just how many species exist.

References :

Bill Rudman Seaslug site : Corolla spectabilis
   Slug site Corolla spectabilis

Publications :

Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms ok mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. American Journal of Conchology. 7(2): 93-180.
page(s): 138
    Lalli, C.M. & Gilmer, R.W. (1989) Pelagic Snails. The biology of holoplanktonic gastropod molluscs . Stanford University Press: Stanford, California.

Other photos of Corolla spectabilis :

Photo Matthias Deuss Mayotte, 19 January 2012, size : 80 mm Corolla, like all Pseudothecosomata, is characterised by the fusion of the thecosome wings (b) into a single wing plate and the presence of a proboscis (a) formed from the fusion of the lobes of the foot. Transparent body, with a cartilaginous pseudoconch (c) having numerous small tubercles

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