Cavolinia tridentata

Cavolinia tridentata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Pteropoda
Family: Cavoliniidae
Genus: Cavolinia
Species:
C. tridentata
Binomial name
Cavolinia tridentata
(Forskål, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Anomia tridentata Forskål, 1775 (basionym)
  • Cavolinia natans Abildgaard, 1791
  • Cleodora trifilis Troschel, 1854

Cavolinia tridentata is a species of sea butterflies, floating and swimming sea snails or sea slugs, pelagic marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cavoliniidae. It is a common species and is widespread, being found in European waters, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean. It lives in the photic zone of the ocean between 0 and 30 m in depth.