| Glassy nautilus | |
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| The shell has been removed in the upper specimen. The tail is to the left. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Carinariidae |
| Genus: | Carinaria |
| Species: | C. cristata
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| Binomial name | |
| Carinaria cristata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Patella cristata Linnaeus, 1767 | |
Carinaria cristata, commonly known as the glassy nautilus,[2] is a species of pelagic marine gastropod mollusc in the family Carinariidae.[3] It is found in the Pacific Ocean and is described as being holoplanktonic, because it spends its entire life as part of the plankton. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767. Its fragile shell was much prized by early conchologists for their collections, being so rare that it was said to be worth more than its weight in gold.[4]
- ^ Linnaeus C. (1767). Systema naturae 12a ("13"), Vol. 1, part 2: 533–1327, page 1260.
- ^ "Carinariidae: Carinaria cristata". Shell Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe (2015). "Carinaria cristata (Linnaeus, 1767)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
- ^ Rare Shells. University of California Press. p. 27.