Paedoclione_doliiformis
Paedoclione doliiformis
Species of gastropod
Paedoclione doliiformis is a species of sea angel, a small floating sea slug, a pelagic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clionidae.
Paedoclione doliiformis is the only species in the genus Paedoclione.[2]
The generic name is a reference to the paedomorphic habit of this genus, which retains many larval features throughout its life.[3]
Paedoclione doliiformis was originally described by Charles Haskell Danforth in 1907.[1] It was not collected by zoologists for the next 61 years.[4] It was rediscovered in 1968 by Lalli (1972).[4]