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Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)
Creseis acicula is a small pelagic hind gill snail colloquially known as a sea butterfly. The name "sea butterfly" was derived from the snail's locomotion, which uses widened lobes of the parapodia that flap up and down like butterfly wings.
The body and shell of the snail are transparent.Creseis acicula occurs regularly in the coastal plankton of the Mediterranean Sea, the spawning season is in November / December.
Creseis acicula is on the menu of the European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus.
Synonymised names
Cleodora (Creseis) acicula Rang, 1828 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Cleodora (Creseis) clava Rang, 1828 · unaccepted
Cleodora acicula Rang, 1828 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cleodora clava Rang, 1828 · unaccepted
Creseis acicula acicula (Rang, 1828) · unaccepted
Creseis acicula f. clava (Rang, 1828) · unaccepted
Creseis acus Eschscholtz, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Creseis clava (Rang, 1828) · unaccepted
Creseis recta (Gray, 1850) · unaccepted (synonym)
Creseis spiniformis Benoit, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Creseis virgula clava (Rang, 1828) · unaccepted
Dentalium ecostatum T. W. Kirk, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hyalaea aciculata [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of acicula (Rang,...)
Direct children (2)
Subspecies Creseis acicula acicula (Rang, 1828) accepted as Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)
Forma Creseis acicula f. clava (Rang, 1828) accepted as Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)
Creseis acicula is a small pelagic hind gill snail colloquially known as a sea butterfly. The name "sea butterfly" was derived from the snail's locomotion, which uses widened lobes of the parapodia that flap up and down like butterfly wings.
The body and shell of the snail are transparent.Creseis acicula occurs regularly in the coastal plankton of the Mediterranean Sea, the spawning season is in November / December.
Creseis acicula is on the menu of the European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus.
Synonymised names
Cleodora (Creseis) acicula Rang, 1828 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Cleodora (Creseis) clava Rang, 1828 · unaccepted
Cleodora acicula Rang, 1828 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cleodora clava Rang, 1828 · unaccepted
Creseis acicula acicula (Rang, 1828) · unaccepted
Creseis acicula f. clava (Rang, 1828) · unaccepted
Creseis acus Eschscholtz, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Creseis clava (Rang, 1828) · unaccepted
Creseis recta (Gray, 1850) · unaccepted (synonym)
Creseis spiniformis Benoit, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Creseis virgula clava (Rang, 1828) · unaccepted
Dentalium ecostatum T. W. Kirk, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hyalaea aciculata [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of acicula (Rang,...)
Direct children (2)
Subspecies Creseis acicula acicula (Rang, 1828) accepted as Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)
Forma Creseis acicula f. clava (Rang, 1828) accepted as Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)
