Paraclione

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Paraclione
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Pteropoda
Family: Clionidae
Genus: Paraclione
Tesch, 1903
Species

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Paraclione is a genus of "sea angels", small floating sea slugs, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.

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They are very small and gelatinous, mostly transparent, and they only have a shell during their embryonic stage. They can be found in the Atlantic Ocean.

Species

Species in the genus Paraclione include:

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