Heliconoides inflatus

Heliconoides inflatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Euopisthobranchia
Order:	Pteropoda
Family:	Limacinidae
Genus:	Heliconoides
Species:	H. inflatus
Binomial name
Heliconoides inflatus Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847)
Synonyms
List Atlanta inflata Heliconoides inflata Limacina inflata Limacina scaphoidea Protomedea elata Spiratella inflata Spirialis appendiculata Spirialis rostralis Aulcoris inflatralis

Heliconoides inflatus is a species of sea butterfly, a type of pteropod.

Description

Sinistrally coiled, involute pigmented shell. Has large paired fins. Right tentacle is much larger than the left.

Distribution

The species is found in the Red Sea, areas around Australia, New England, Jan Mayen, Argentina and the Atlantic Ocean.

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