| Cavoliniidae | |
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| Cavolinia tridentata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Order: | Pteropoda |
| Suborder: | Euthecosomata |
| Superfamily: | Cavolinioidea |
| Family: | Cavoliniidae (Gray, 1850 (1815)) |
| Synonyms | |
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The family Cavoliniidae is a taxonomic group of small floating sea snails, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.[1]
This family is part of a larger group which is commonly known as the sea butterflies because they swim by flapping what appear to be small "wings".
- ^ Gofas, S. (2011). Cavoliniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23000 on 30 April 2011