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."Genus Paedoclione". Marine Species Identification Portal, accessed 4 February 2011. The generic name is a reference to the paedomorphic habit of this genus, which retains many larval features throughout its life.Lalli C. M. & Conover R. J. (1973). "Reproduction and development of Paedoclione doliiformis, and a comparison with Clione limacina (Opisthobranchia: Gymnosomata)". Marine Biology 19(1): 13–22. . Paedoclione doliiformis was originally described by Charles Haskell Danforth in 1907. It was not collected by zoologists for the next 61 years. It was rediscovered in 1968 by Lalli (1972).Lalli C. M. (1972). "Food and feeding in Paedoclione doliiformis Danforth, a neotenous gymnosomatous pteropod". Biological Bulletin 143(2): 392-402, 4 figs. abstract and PDF.
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