pteropods
pteropods (sea butterflies) An informal, non-taxonomic name (but sometimes given the status of a superorder, Pteropoda) given to two orders of marine Gastropoda, Gymnosomata and Thecosomata. See also OPISTHOBRANCHIA.
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