Fowlerina Punctata
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''Fowlerina'' is a genus of small
sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...
s in the family
Clionidae The Clionidae are a family of sea angels, which are a group of pelagic marine gastropods. They resemble angels, complete with flapping "wings", hence their common name. They are gelatinous, mostly transparent pteropods, and they only have sh ...
. It was described by
Paul Pelseneer Jean Paul Louis Pelseneer (Brussels, 26 June 1863 – Brussels, 5 May 1945)Adam W. (1946). "Paul Pelseneer 1863–1945". '' Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London'' 26(6): 149–151PDF was a Belgian malacologist, morphologist, ethol ...
in 1906.


Species

The genus ''Fowlerina'' includes the following species: * '' Fowlerina punctata'' (Tesch, 1903) * '' Fowlerina zetesios'' Pelseneer, 1906


References

Clionidae Taxa described in 1906 {{Clionidae-stub