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User:Ganeshk/sandbox/Diaphana minuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:
Diaphanoidea
Family:
Diaphanidae
Subfamily:
Diaphaninae
Genus:
Diaphana
Species:
D. minuta
Binomial name
User:Ganeshk/sandbox/Diaphana minuta
T. Brown, 1827
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphisphyra expansa Jeffreys, 1865
  • Bulla debilis Gould, 1840
  • Bulla hyalina Turton, 1834
  • Bulla subangulata Möller, 1842
  • Diaphana brunnea Dall, 1919
  • Diaphana candida Brown, 1827
  • Diaphana expansa (Jeffreys, 1865)
  • Diaphana hyalina (Turton, 1834)
  • Diaphana hyalina spirata Odhner, 1907
  • Diaphana pellucida T. Brown, 1827
  • Diaphana watanabei Habe, 1976

User:Ganeshk/sandbox/Diaphana minuta, common name the Arctic paperbubble, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Diaphanidae.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Bliss Harbour
  • Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Gulf of Maine
  • Irish Exclusive economic Zone
  • Lime Kiln Bay
  • North West Atlantic
  • Portugese Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
  • United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone


Notes

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Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Diet: generally for group, planktonic and minute detrital food items through either suspension or deposit feeding
  • Dimensions: maximum size of 3 to 5 mm in length
  • Distribution: 70.67°N to 42°N; 70.2°W to 45°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut
  • Habitat: bathyal and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary
  • Reproduction: sexes are separate but are seldom conspicuously different externally, simultaneous hermaphrodites yet self-fertilization is prevented due to various morphological, physiological, or behavioral mechanisms; generally, marine gastropods shed their eggs

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Diaphana minuta T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139557 on 2011-10-03
  2. ^ ITIS database
  3. ^ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  4. ^ Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
  5. ^ Schiøtte T. (1998) A taxonomic revision of the genus Diaphana Brown, 1827, including a discussion of the phylogeny and zoogeography of the genus (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). Steenstrupia 24(1):77-140.
  6. ^ Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
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