- Notodiaphanidae
Taxobox
name = Notodiaphanidae
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Heterobranchia
ordo =Opisthobranchia
subordo =Cephalaspidea
superfamilia =Diaphanoidea
familia = Notodiaphanidae
familia_authority = Thiele, 1931
subdivision_ranks = Genera and species
subdivision = See text.Notodiaphanidae is a
taxonomic family of small seasnail s, marineopisthobranch gastropod mollusc s ormicromollusk s in thesuperfamily 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 shell s.Habitat
The species occur in the sublitoral to
abyssal zones.hell 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 ".Genera and species in the family Notodiaphanidae
*Genus "
Notodiaphana " Thiele, 1917
**"Notodiaphana fragilis " Vélain, 1877
***Distribution :Indian Ocean .*
External links and references
*
* Bois-Reymond Marcus, E. D. (1976): A taxonomic survey of the genus Toledonia Dall, 1902 (Opistobranchia, Diaphanidae). Zool. Scripta 5: 25-33
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