Cardiapoda


Cardiapoda is a genus of very small floating sea snails or heteropods, pelagic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Carinariidae.
Both tentacles are of equal size and well-developed. The external layer of the body wall is thin.
They are found worldwide in the pelagic zone of warm seas.

Species

Cardiapoda placenta - flat cardiapodCardiapoda richardi Vayssière, 1903

Synonyms

Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906 Cardiapoda carinata D'Orbigny, 1834 Cardiapoda pedunculata D'Orbigny, 1835 Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906