Sea Butterfly

Invertebrate - Thecosomata

Sea butterflies are a taxonomic suborder of small, pelagic, free-swimming sea snails known as holoplanktonic opisthobranch gastropod mollusks, in the order Pteropoda (also included within the informal group Opisthobranchia). Most pteropods have some form of calcified shell, although it is often very light, even translucent.

English

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Sea Butterfly Standard English

Français

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Papillon de mer Français canadien

Inuktut

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Qaumajuapiit Nunavimmiutitut - Sanikiluarmiut

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