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Naked sea butterfly

Naked sea butterfly
Sp. Clione
Clione limacina

Scientific names: In Greek mythology, Kleio was a sea nymph and the daughter of Oceanus. Kleio was also the godess of song (musa) and patron of odes, rhetoric and the writing of history. Limacina originates from Latin and means snail like.

Other English names: Naked pteropods.

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