Clione elegantissima
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| Clione elegantissima | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Order: | Pteropoda |
| Family: | Clionidae |
| Genus: | Clione |
| Species: | C. elegantissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Clione elegantissima Dall, W. H. (1871) | |
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Clione elegantissima is a species of sea angel (pelagic sea slug) in the family Clionidae.
There has been some debate regarding the taxonomic status of Clione elegantissima, with some researchers considering it to be a separate species and others considering it to be an immature individual of Clione limacina. However, recent studies have suggested that based on a phylogenetic analysis, populations of Clione limacina in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans are separate species, with the valid names being Clione limacina (Phipps, 1774) and Clione elegantissima (Dall, 1871), respectively.[1]
Distribution
Clione elegantissima is found in the North Pacific Ocean.[2]