Diacavolinia longirostris
Species of mollusc
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Diacavolinia longirostris is a species of sea butterfly. It is a pteropod.[1]
| Diacavolinia longirostris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Order: | Pteropoda |
| Family: | Cavoliniidae |
| Subfamily: | Cavoliniinae |
| Genus: | Diacavolinia |
| Species: | D. longirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Diacavolinia longirostris (Blainville, 1821) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
Distribution
The species is mostly concentrated near Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia in the Oceanic region, in the Bay of Bengal and near the Gulf of Mexico, near Louisiana and the Bahamas.[5]