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starts with a sharp rotation of it is body accompanied by an increase in swimming speed; it then rotates its shell in the opposite direction to initiate the recovery-stroke and swims upward, with a speed less than the power phase. There is a drop in overall speed between power and recovery strokes,
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Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) move the family Limacinidae into the superfamily Cavolinioidea, making redundant the superfamily Limacinoidea erected for it in Ponder & Lindberg's taxonomy. The families Creseidae and Cuvierinidae are demoted to subfamilies of Cavoliniidae (Creseinae and
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The group is known within the fossil record from shells of those groups within the clade that mineralized. These carbonate shells are a major contributor to the oceanic carbon cycle, making up as much as 12% of global carbonate flux. However, the low stability of their
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Cuvierininae). The infraorder Pseudothecosomata becomes the superfamily Cymbulioidea. The family Peraclididae is included in the superfamily Cymbulioidea as the family Peraclidae, making the superfamily Peraclidoidea redundant.
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order is not universally accepted; it fell out of favour for a number of years, but recent molecular evidence suggests that the taxon should be revived. Although most Thecosomata have some form of calcified
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Molluscan pteropods develop their feet into a pair of wing-like parapodia in the growing phase. These 'wings' are highly flexible, as the orientation of the muscles is different, and they have a
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The sea butterflies include some of the world's most abundant gastropod species; as their large numbers are an essential part of the ocean food chain, they are a significant contributor to the
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stage. Thus, thecosomans are most common in the top 25 metres (82 ft) of the ocean—in terms of diversity, species richness, and abundance—and become scarcer with increased depth.
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Karakas, F., Maas, A. E., & Murphy, D. W. (2020). A novel cylindrical overlap-and-fling mechanism used by sea butterflies. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(15), jeb221499.
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Janssen, A.W. (2008). "Heliconoides linneensis sp. nov., a new holoplanktonic gastropod (Mollusca, Thecosomata) from the Late Oligocene of the Aquitaine Basin (France, Landes)".
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Murphy, D. W., Adhikari, D., Webster, D. R., & Yen, J. (2016). Underwater flight by the planktonic sea butterfly. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219(4), 535-543.
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from day to night, so the community structure changes on a 24 hour cycle; during the day many organisms take refuge at water depths in excess of 100 m.
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Lokho, K.; Kumar, K. (2008). "Fossil pteropods (Thecosomata, holoplanktonic Mollusca) from the Eocene of Assam-Arakan Basin, northeastern India".
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Little is documented of the dietary habits or behaviour of sea butterflies, yet they are known to have a peculiar way of feeding. Being generally
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through the water column in their pursuit of planktonic prey. At night, they forage at the surface and return to deeper waters by the morning.
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shells means that few end up being preserved within sediments as viable fossils; rather, they are mostly deposited in shallow, tropical seas.
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web measuring up to 5 cm wide—many times larger than their own bodies. If disturbed, they simply abandon the web and flap slowly away.
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Thecosomata beat their wing-like parapodia to "fly" through the water. When descending to deeper water, they hold their wings up.
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Bé, A.W.H.; Gilmer, R.W. (1977). "A zoogeographic and taxonomic review of euthecosomatous pteropoda". In Ramsey, A.T.S. (ed.).
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Hunt, B.P.V.; Pakhomov, E.A.; Hosie, G.W.; Siegel, V.; Ward, P.; Bernard, K. (2008). "Pteropods in Southern Ocean ecosystems".
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filled with a pressurized fluid. Thus, the high bending-angle supports the parapodia to diminish the
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Occasionally, thecosomans swarm in large numbers, and can sometimes be found washed ashore in
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and can vary widely in shape, ranging from coiled or needle-like to triangular or globular.
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Geologically-speaking, Thecosomata is a rather young group, being known from the Late
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Euthecosomata, a group with remarkable developmental stages (Gastropoda, Pteropoda)
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in their bodies, including complete or near-complete loss of the shell and the
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Comeau, S.; Gorsky, G.; Jeffree, R.; Teyssié, J.-L.; Gattuso, J.-P. (2009).
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Bé, A.W.H.; Gilmer, R.W. (1977). "A zoogeographic and taxonomic review of
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Pelagic Snails: The Biology of Holoplanktonic Gastropod Mollusks
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Compare the sea butterflies unusual whole-life residence in the
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Sea butterflies range from the tropics to the poles. They are "
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Pseudothecosomata, Gymnosomata, and Heteropoda (Gastropoda)
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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
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Pseudothecosomata, Gymnosomata and Heteropoda (Gastropoda)
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foot has also taken the form of two wing-like lobes, or
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Murphy, D.; Adhikari, D.; Webster, D.; Yen, J. (2016).
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shed their larval shells and develop a cartilaginous
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The shell is present in all life cycle stages of the
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(2006). 1311: 1270: 1230: 1219:Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 1174: 1164: 317:(also included within the informal group 465:. The hyper-pitch of the round shell of 994: 959: 389:, and an important part of the oceanic 1538: 1528: 420:lack any rigid covering when mature. 7: 1717:ed88d1d0-4f0e-4024-afda-7d86ec1b6c56 1213:Parra-Flores, A.; Gasca, R. (2009). 1055:participating institution membership 499:, especially along the coastline of 1496:(Thesis). University of Amsterdam. 1259:Integrative and Comparative Biology 545:Each day, they embark on a regular 1794:Extant Thanetian first appearances 1067: 589:These creatures, which range from 25: 278:, meaning "case/shell-body"), or 1432:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00351.x 788:taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi 633:, mature Gymnosomata have none. 133: 1300:Journal of Experimental Biology 1232:10.4067/s0718-19572009000300011 1070:, belonging to the Thecosomata" 878:A. Janssen & Maxwell, 1995 1: 865:(formerly : Spirialidae 842:(formerly : Cuvieriidae 1481:". In Ramsey, A.T.S. (ed.). 1119:10.1016/j.pocean.2008.06.001 585:Importance in the food chain 360:in several families. Their 1810: 1506:van der Spoel, S. (1976). 1492:van der Spoel, S. (1967). 1446:van der Spoel, S. (1976). 799:Superfamily Cavolinioidea 507:Diurnal vertical migration 441:generated by the classic " 1483:Oceanic Micropaleontology 1362:Oceanic Micropaleontology 1042:Oxford English Dictionary 921:(formerly Procymbuliidae 884:Superfamily Cymbulioidea 846:(nom. inv.); Tripteridae 572:Sea butterfly pseudoconch 424:Behavior and distribution 227: 222: 130:Scientific classification 128: 119: 110: 34: 1498:Gorinchem (J. Noorduijn) 1377:Zoologische Mededelingen 1099:Progress in Oceanography 876:† Family Sphaerocinidae 794:Clade Thecosomata : 404:(euthecosomata). In the 1047:Oxford University Press 978:larvae are part of the 888:( = Pseudothecosomata) 838:Subfamily Cuvierininae 547:diel vertical migration 447:diel vertical migration 416:in adulthood. Only the 1166:10.5194/bg-6-1877-2009 897:Subfamily Cymbuliinae 827:(formerly Cleodoridae 812:Subfamily Cavoliinae 624:. The validity of the 573: 378: 377:Unidentified thecosome 1738:Paleobiology Database 911:Family Desmopteridae 816:(formerly Hyalaeidae 691:H. and A. Adams, 1854 637:Ponder & Lindberg 571: 530:, and mostly passive 452:The power-stroke for 395:bilaterally symmetric 376: 41:Late Paleocene–recent 1557:Our Breathing Planet 1340:Our Breathing Planet 905:van der Spoel, 1976 853:Subfamily Creseinae 840:van der Spoel, 1967 806:Family Cavoliniidae 782:Bouchet & Rocroi 435:hydrostatic skeleton 330:oceanic carbon cycle 274:(collective/plural: 27:Suborder of molluscs 1157:2009BGeo....6.1877C 1111:2008PrOce..78..193H 1045:(Online ed.). 941:Ocean acidification 903:Subfamily Glebinae 891:Family Cymbuliidae 861:Family Limacinidae 823:Subfamily Clioinae 803:( = Euthecosomata) 429:Swimming kinematics 393:. Their shells are 1541:has generic name ( 1519:Cainozoic Research 1313:10.1242/jeb.129205 1272:10.1093/icb/icm089 974:gastropods, whose 917:Family Peraclidae 814:Gray, 1850 (1815) 808:Gray, 1850 (1815) 574: 516:migrate vertically 461:trajectory in the 379: 1789:Euopisthobranchia 1776: 1775: 1725:Open Tree of Life 1577:Taxon identifiers 1139:Limacina helicina 1053:(Subscription or 1020:978-0-8047-1490-7 947:Clione antarctica 924: 920: 914: 906: 900: 894: 887: 879: 872: 868: 864: 856: 849: 845: 841: 830: 826: 819: 818:Rafinesque, 1815 815: 809: 802: 773: 761: 741: 725:Pseudothecosomata 692: 675: 650: 501:eastern Australia 268: 267: 218: 190:Euopisthobranchia 122:Limacina helicina 16:(Redirected from 1801: 1769: 1768: 1756: 1755: 1746: 1745: 1733: 1732: 1720: 1719: 1710: 1709: 1697: 1696: 1694:NHMSYS0021056309 1684: 1683: 1671: 1670: 1658: 1657: 1645: 1644: 1632: 1631: 1619: 1618: 1617: 1604: 1603: 1602: 1572: 1567: 1565: 1563: 1546: 1540: 1536: 1534: 1526: 1511: 1500: 1486: 1462: 1461: 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Limacina helicina
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Euopisthobranchia
Pteropoda
Thecosomata
Blainville
Limacinidae
Cavoliniidae
Cliidae
Creseidae
Cuvierinidae

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