Thalassopterus zancleus explained

Thalassopterus zancleus is a species of swimming sea slug, a shell-less pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Clionidae.^[1]

Thalassopterus zancleus is the only species in the monotypic genus Thalassopterus. It is known only from juveniles stages.^[2] Adults have not yet been found.

Notes and References

1. Gofas, S. (2009). Thalassopterus zancleus Kwietniewski, 1910. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139183 on 2010-09-16
2. http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=pelagic_molluscs&id=128 "Thalassopterus zancleus"