Biology:Creseis conica
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Order: | Pteropoda |
| Family: | Creseidae |
| Genus: | Creseis |
| Species: | C. conica
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| Binomial name | |
| Creseis conica Eschscholtz, 1829
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Creseis conica is a species of 'sea butterfly' in the order Pteropoda. [1]
Distribution
Creseis conica has been observed worldwide in tropical and temperate seas.[2][3] In islands surrounding New Zealand, the species inhabits 0–500 metres (0–1,640 ft) underwater, in temperatures ranging from 10–30 °C (50–86 °F).[2]
Description
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The species can grow up to 0.7 centimetres (0.28 in) long, and is surrounded by a thin and brittle uncoiled shell. A fully grown shell is approximately the same size as the pteropod itself, and is colourless. The diameter of the aperture is 1 millimetre. It has wing appendages and a short columellar muscle. It feeds off of protozoans and phytoplankton, closer to the surface from the ocean. [4]
References
- ↑ "Creseis conica" (in en-US). 2015-02-21. https://opistobranquis.info/en/guia/pteropoda/euthecosomata/creseis-conica/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Creseis conica | Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)". https://obis.org/taxon/390545.
- ↑ "NZ Mollusca - Creseis conica". https://mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?taxa=3828.
- ↑ "Creseis virgula conica". Pelagic Molluscs. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. https://pelagic-molluscs.linnaeus.naturalis.nl/linnaeus_ng/app/views/species/taxon.php?id=116734&epi=169.
Wikidata ☰ Q13501462 entry
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