Notodiaphana fragilis

Notodiaphana fragilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Lower Heterobranchia
clade Architectibranchia[1]
Family: Notodiaphanidae
Thiele, 1931[2]
Genus: Notodiaphana
Thiele, 1917[3]
Species: N. fragilis
Binomial name
Notodiaphana fragilis
Vélain, 1877

Notodiaphana fragilis is a species of marine snail, gastropod mollusk in the clade Architectibranchia.[1]

Notodiaphana fragilis is the only species in the genus Notodiaphana. Genus Notodiaphana is the only genus in the family Notodiaphanidae.[1]

It has been classified in the superfamily Diaphanoidea.[4]

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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 sublitoral to abyssal zones.

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ Thiele J. (1931). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde 1(2): 383.
  3. ^ Thiele J. (1917). Nachrbl. dtsch. malakozool. Ges. 49: 23.
  4. ^ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 

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