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Creseis conica
Creseis conica is a species of 'sea butterfly' in the order Pteropoda....
From the article Creseis conica on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The species can grow up to 0.7 centimetres (0.28 in) long, and is surrounded by a thin and brittle uncoiled shell. A fully grown shell is approximately the same size as the pteropod itself, and is colourless. The diameter of the aperture is 1 millimetre. It has wing appendages and a short columellar muscle. It feeds off of protozoans and phytoplankton, closer to the surface from the ocean.
== References ==
Range & habitat
Creseis conica has been observed worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. In islands surrounding New Zealand, the species inhabits 0–500 metres (0–1,640 ft) underwater, in temperatures ranging from 10–30 °C (50–86 °F).
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 255486.