Shelled pteropods or marine snails, are also called “sea butterflies” because of their winglike swimming appendages. Captions and Photo source: Nancy Copley/WHOI
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Ocean acidification has taken up an unlikely mascot: the shelled pteropod. While “charismatic megafauna,” the large creatures that pull at our heartstrings, are typically the face of environmental problems—think polar bears on a shrinking iceberg and oil-slicked pelicans—these tiny sea snails couldn’t be more different…
