Notodiaphana fragilis
| Notodiaphana fragilis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Lower Heterobranchia |
| 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]
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 2 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.
- ↑ Thiele J. (1931). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde 1(2): 383.
- ↑ Thiele J. (1917). Nachrbl. dtsch. malakozool. Ges. 49: 23.
- ↑ 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 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
Further reafing
- Bois-Reymond Marcus, E. D. (1976). "A taxonomic survey of the genus Toledonia Dall, 1902 (Opistobranchia, Diaphanidae)". Zoologica Scripta 5: 25-33