Pteropods - Swimming Mollusks

Description:

Planktonic snails known as sea butterflies build fragile shells. Will they survive an acidifying ocean?Plankton Chronicles Project by C, CNRS / Noe Sardet and Sharif Mir, Parafilms, See Plankton Chronicles:http://www.planktonchronicles.org/ [taxonomy:binomial=Cavolinia inflexa ] [taxonomy:kingdom=Animalia] [taxonomy:phylum=Mollusca] [taxonomy:class=Gastropoda] [taxonomy:order=Thecosomata] [taxonomy:family=Cavoliniidae ] [taxonomy:genus=Cavolinia] [taxonomy:binomial=Atlanta peroni ] [taxonomy:kingdom=Animalia] [taxonomy:phylum=Mollusca] [taxonomy:class=Gastropoda] [taxonomy:order=Littorinimorpha] [taxonomy:family=Atlantidae] [taxonomy:genus=Atlanta] [taxonomy:binomial=Firoloida desmaresti ] [taxonomy:kingdom=Animalia] [taxonomy:phylum=Mollusca] [taxonomy:class=Gastropoda] [taxonomy:order=Littorinimorpha] [taxonomy:family=Pterotracheidae] [taxonomy:genus=Firoloida] [taxonomy:binomial=Limacina inflata] [taxonomy:kingdom=Animalia] [taxonomy:phylum=Mollusca] [taxonomy:class=Gastropoda] [taxonomy:order=Limacinidae] [taxonomy:family=Limacina] [taxonomy:binomial=Pneumodermopsis paucidens] [taxonomy:kingdom=Animalia] [taxonomy:phylum=Mollusca] [taxonomy:class=Gastropoda] [taxonomy:order=Gymnosomata] [taxonomy:family=Pneumodermatidae] [taxonomy:genus=Pneumodermopsis]