Hyalocylis striata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
Order: | Pteropoda |
Superfamily: | Cavolinioidea |
Family: | Hyalocylidae |
Genus: | Hyalocylis |
Species: | H. striata |
Binomial name | |
Hyalocylis striata (Rang, 1828) | |
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Hyalocylis striata is a species of Hyalocylis , a pteropod. It is a gastropod mollusk. [1] [2]
This marine species is circumtropical and is commonly found in deep waters
Hyalocylis, from Ancient Greek “υαλινος”, “of crystal or glass”. Striata, because of the numerous and regular grooves of the shell that indicate its successive enlargements. [3]