''Hydatina'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, bubble snails,
marine opisthobranch
Opisthobranchs () is a now informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping.
Euopistho ...
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Aplustridae
The Aplustridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails or bubble snails, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acteonoidea.
The former name of this family, Hydatinidae (Pilsbry, 1893) has ...
.
Species
Species within this genus include:
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Hydatina albocincta
''Hydatina albocincta'', common name the white-banded bubble, is a species of sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplustridae
The Aplustridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), ...
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Van der Hoeven, 1839
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Hydatina cinctoria
''Hydatina'' is a genus of sea snails, bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplustridae.
Species
Species within this genus include:
* ''Hydatina albocincta'' Van der Hoeven, 1839
* '' Hydatina cinctoria'' Perry ...
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Perry, 1811 (color variant and synonym of ''Hydatina zonata'').
** Distribution: South Africa
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Hydatina exquisita'' Voskuil, 1995
** Distribution: Marquesas Islands
** Length: 21 mm
** Description: very globose, thin shell with black and purplish spiral bands on body whorl and a narrow white band below the
suture and at anterior end: anterior end of the columella is directed slightly to the right.
* ''
Hydatina montilai''
Delsaerdt, 1996
** Distribution: Philippines.
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Hydatina physis
''Hydatina physis'' is a species of sea snail, a bubble snail, a marine (ocean), marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Aplustridae. Its common names include striped paper bubble, green-lined paper bubble, brown-l ...
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
* ''
Hydatina velum''
Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806)
* Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete
* ...
, 1791 (probably color variant and synonym of ''Hydatina zonata'')
** Distribution: Indian Ocean, East Africa
** Length: 25–50 mm
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Hydatina vesicaria''
(Lightfoot, 1786) brown-lined paper bubble
** Distribution: Florida, Mexico, Caribbean.
** Length: 17–45 mm
** Description: lives on the bottom at the depth of 8 m to 64 m; very fragile and delicate shell with fine brown spiral lines
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Hydatina zonata
''Hydatina zonata'', common name the zoned paper bubble, is a species of sea snail or bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplustridae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast ...
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Solander in Lightfoot, 1786 zoned paper bubble
;synonyms
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Hydatina amplustre''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
accepted as ''
Aplustrum amplustre
''Aplustrum amplustre'', also known as royal paper bubble, ship’s flag shell, swollen bubble, is a species of sea snails, bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplustridae.
Description
With length of shell arou ...
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Gallery
Image:Hydatina albocincta - Royal Ontario Museum - DSC00204.JPG, ''Hydatina albocincta
''Hydatina albocincta'', common name the white-banded bubble, is a species of sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplustridae
The Aplustridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), ...
''
Image:Hydatina physis Réunion.JPG, ''Hydatina physis
''Hydatina physis'' is a species of sea snail, a bubble snail, a marine (ocean), marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Aplustridae. Its common names include striped paper bubble, green-lined paper bubble, brown-l ...
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Image:Hydatina zonata shell.jpg, ''Hydatina zonata
''Hydatina zonata'', common name the zoned paper bubble, is a species of sea snail or bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplustridae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast ...
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References
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Sea Slug Forum infoInfo on the genus
Aplustridae
Taxa described in 1817
Taxa named by Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher
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