How deep does the Three-Spine Cavoline live?

The Three-Spine Cavoline (Diacria trispinosa) is typically found at 27–4791 m.

Three-Spine Cavoline

Diacria trispinosa

Group: Other
Typical depth: 27–4791 m

A shelled sea butterfly of the open ocean, it flaps through the water on winglike lobes and spreads a mucus web to gather drifting food. Its dead shells, tipped with three little spines, wash up on beaches far from where the living animals drift in the plankton.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Pteropoda › Cavoliniidae › Diacria

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 139045.

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How deep does the Three-Spine Cavoline live?: The Three-Spine Cavoline (Diacria trispinosa) is typically found at 27–4791 m.