| Cavolinia tridentata (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) |
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| Worldwide warm waters. Mucus feeder on microzooplankton and phytoplankton, near the surface during the day, deeper after dawn. In tridentata, feeding webs are released for circa 5mn each, then withdrawn for ingestion (12mn, Gilmer 1990). Original taxon: Anomia tridentata. Synonyms: australis, cornea, forskalii, natans, telemus… 300m deep, Iskenderun Körfezi, Hatay, SE. Turkey. 10mm. |
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| The animal in H.-M. D. de Blainville: Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie, Paris 1827, plate XLIV via BHL. |
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| Hyalea Forskalii in A. D. d’Orbigny: Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale vol. IX, Paris 1847, Mollusques, plate V. |
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| A specimen chasing off Ponta do Ouro, south of Maputo province, S. Mozambique. Original picture provided by G. Jones for iNaturalist – (CC BY-SA). |
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