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Notodiaphana fragilis

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Notodiaphana fragilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Cylichnoidea
Family: Notodiaphanidae
Thiele, 1931
Genus: Notodiaphana
Thiele, 1917
Species: N. fragilis
Binomial name
Notodiaphana fragilis
Vélain, 1877

Notodiaphana fragilis is a species of marine snail, gastropod mollusk in the clade Architectibranchia.

Notodiaphana fragilis is the only species in the genus Notodiaphana. Genus Notodiaphana is the only genus in the family Notodiaphanidae.

It has been classified in the superfamily Diaphanoidea.

Shell description

The little-known species have small, flimsy, almost globular shells, known as paper bubble shells.

The shell is minute, thin, fragile, colorless to translucent, and usually less than 5 mm in size. The overall shape is ovate, pear-shaped, and bulbous. There is a sunken apex.

The shells resemble those of the genus Haminoea.

Distribution

The distribution of Notodiaphana fragilis includes the Indian Ocean.

Ecology

This species occur in the sublittoral to abyssal zones.

References

  1. Thiele J. (1917). Nachrbl. dtsch. malakozool. Ges. 49: 23.
  2. Thiele J. (1931). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde 1(2): 383.
  3. ^ Malaquias M. A. E., Dodds J. M., Bouchet P. & Reid D. G. (2009). "A molecular phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Euthyneura): Architectibranchia redefined and Runcinacea reinstated". Zoologica Scripta 38(1): 23-41. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00354.x.
  4. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.

Further reading

  • Bois-Reymond Marcus, E. D. (1976). "A taxonomic survey of the genus Toledonia Dall, 1902 (Opistobranchia, Diaphanidae)". Zoologica Scripta 5: 25-33
Taxon identifiers
Notodiaphana fragilis
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