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Sea butterfly

Corolla ovata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The sea butterfly (Corolla ovata) is a species in the family Cymbuliidae, order Pteropoda.

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Quick facts about the sea butterfly

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sea butterfly live?

Not recorded

Is the sea butterfly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the sea butterfly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderPteropoda
  5. familyCymbuliidae
  6. genusCorolla
  7. SpeciesCorolla ovata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Synonyms Cymbulia norfolkensis, Cymbulia ovata, Cymbulia ovularis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • カンテンカメガイJapanese
  • Королла овальнаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sea butterfly

Other species in the same genus Corolla.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the sea butterfly?

The sea butterfly (Corolla ovata) belongs to the family Cymbuliidae in the order Pteropoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sea butterfly (Corolla ovata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/corolla-ovata

MLA

“Sea butterfly (Corolla ovata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/corolla-ovata.

BibTeX
@misc{corolla_ovata_2026,
  title = {Sea butterfly (Corolla ovata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/corolla-ovata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}