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Notodiaphana fragilis

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Notodiaphana fragilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Cylichnoidea
Family: Notodiaphanidae
Thiele, 1931[2]
Genus: Notodiaphana
Thiele, 1917[1]
Species:
N. fragilis
Binomial name
Notodiaphana fragilis

Notodiaphana fragilis is a species of marine snail, gastropod mollusk in the clade Architectibranchia.[3]

Notodiaphana fragilis is the only species in the genus Notodiaphana.[citation needed] Genus Notodiaphana is the only genus in the family Notodiaphanidae.[3]

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

Shell description

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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

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

Ecology

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This species occur in the sublittoral to abyssal zones.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Thiele J. (1917). Nachrbl. dtsch. malakozool. Ges. 49: 23.
  2. ^ Thiele J. (1931). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde 1(2): 383.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.

Further reading

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