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[citation needed]

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

The shells resemble those of the genus Haminoea.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution

The distribution of Notodiaphana fragilis includes the Indian Ocean.^{[citation needed]}

Ecology

This species occur in the sublitoral to abyssal zones.^{[citation needed]}

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. 

Further reafing

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