Corolla is a genus of

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sea butterflies Sea butterflies, scientific name Thecosomata (thecosomes, "case / shell-body"), are a taxonomic suborder of small pelagic swimming sea snails. They are holoplanktonic opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. Most Thecosomata have some form of c ...

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molluscs belonging to the family Cymbuliidae. They are preyed upon by the gymnosome pteropods of the genus '' Cliopsis''.WoRMS : Corolla
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Species

Species within this genus include: *''

Corolla calceola Corolla may refer to: *Corolla (botany), the petals of a flower, considered as a unit *Toyota Corolla, an automobile model name * Corolla (headgear), an ancient headdress in the form of a circlet or crown * ''Corolla'' (gastropod), a genus of moll ...

'' (A. E. Verrill, 1880) -- Atlantic corolla **Distribution: Oceanic **Length: 40 mm * ''

Corolla chrysosticta Corolla may refer to: *Corolla (botany), the petals of a flower, considered as a unit *Toyota Corolla, an automobile model name * Corolla (headgear), an ancient headdress in the form of a circlet or crown * ''Corolla'' (gastropod), a genus of moll ...

'' (Troschel, 1854) * ''

Corolla cupula Corolla may refer to: *Corolla (botany), the petals of a flower, considered as a unit *Toyota Corolla, an automobile model name *Corolla (headgear), an ancient headdress in the form of a circlet or crown * ''Corolla'' (gastropod), a genus of mollu ...

'' Rampal, 1996 *''

Corolla intermedia Corolla may refer to: *Corolla (botany), the petals of a flower, considered as a unit *Toyota Corolla, an automobile model name * Corolla (headgear), an ancient headdress in the form of a circlet or crown * ''Corolla'' (gastropod), a genus of moll ...

'' (Tesch, 1903) **Distribution: Florida, Oceanic **Length: 39 mm *''

Corolla ovata ''Corolla ovata'' is a species of gastropod in the family Cymbuliidae Cymbuliidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cymbulioidea. Description Instead of an external calcareo ...

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, 1832 **Distribution: Florida, Bermuda, Oceanic **Length: 40 mm *''

Corolla spectabilis ''Corolla spectabilis'', common name: spectacular corolla, is a species of sea butterfly, a floating and swimming sea snail in the family Cymbuliidae Cymbuliidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod mollus ...

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, 1871) Spectacular corolla

References

* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 Cymbuliidae {{Heterobranchia-stub