Notodiaphanidae

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Notodiaphanidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Superorder: Heterobranchia Order: Opisthobranchia Suborder: Cephalaspidea Superfamily: Diaphanoidea Family: Notodiaphanidae Thiele, 1931
Genera and species
See text.

Notodiaphanidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Diaphanoidea, the headshield slugs and bubble snails.

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

Contents 1 Habitat 2 Shell description 3 Genera and species in the family Notodiaphanidae 4 External links and references

[edit] Habitat

The species occur in the sublitoral to abyssal zones.

[edit] Shell description

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.

[edit] Genera and species in the family Notodiaphanidae

• Genus Notodiaphana Thiele, 1917
  • Notodiaphana fragilis Vélain, 1877
    • Distribution : Indian Ocean.

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[edit] External links and references

• Notodiaphanidae (TSN 76234). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Bois-Reymond Marcus, E. D. (1976): A taxonomic survey of the genus Toledonia Dall, 1902 (Opistobranchia, Diaphanidae). Zool. Scripta 5: 25-33