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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Diaphanoidea: Diaphanidae

Diaphana minuta Brown, 1827


Range: 70.5°N to 39.88°N; 71.9°W to 0°W
Depth: 8 to 668 m (live 8 to 152 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5.8  mm

Synonymy

Utriculus candida (Brown, 1827) 
Diaphana candida Brown, 1827
Bulla candida (Brown, 1827) 
Bulla minuta (Brown, 1827) 
Utriculus minuta (Brown, 1827) 
Diaphana minuta Brown, 1827
Amphisphyra pellucida (Brown, 1827) 
Diaphana pellucida Brown, 1827
Utriculus pellucida (Brown, 1827) 
Bulla hyalina Turton, 1834
Amphisphyra hyalina (Turton, 1834) 
Utriculus hyalina (Turton, 1834) 
Bulla debilis Gould, 1839
Aplustrum debilis (Gould, 1839) 
Amphisphyra debilis (Gould, 1839) 
Akera subangulata (Möller, 1842) 
Bulla subangulata Möller, 1842
Amphisphyra expansa (Jeffreys, 1864) 
Utriculus expansus Jeffreys, 1864
Diaphana spirata Odhner, 1907
Diaphana brunnea Dall, 1919
Diaphana watanabei Habe, 1976

Details


Diaphana minuta Brown, 1827, pl. 38, figs. 7-8
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Dunbar
Range: 70.5°N to 41°N; 70°W to 0°W
Depth: 11 to 152 m (live 58 to 152 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; USA: Maine, Massachusetts; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland
References: Lemche (1941a) DLlN; Abbott (1974) M
Combining Genera:  Bulla Utriculus

Diaphana brunnea Dall, 1919, 
[Synonym]
References: Chaban (1996) s

Diaphana candida Brown, 1827,  pl. 38, figs. 13-14
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Dunbar
References: Chaban (1996) s
Combining Genera:  Bulla Utriculus

Bulla debilis Gould, 1839, 
[Synonym]
Range: 50°N to 41.3°N; 71.9°W to 64°W
Depth: 8 to 51 m (live 8 to 17 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut
References: Gould (1841) M; Procter (1933) dLlNSEW; Clarke (1954a) D; Chaban (1996) s
Combining Genera:  Amphisphyra Aplustrum

Utriculus expansus Jeffreys, 1864, 
[Synonym]
Range: 69.73°N to 65.18°N; 53.55°W to 0°W
Depth: 18 to 88 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEWM; Chaban (1996) s
Combining Genera:  Amphisphyra

Bulla hyalina Turton, 1834, 
[Synonym]
Range: 69.22°N to 64.18°N; 56.45°W to 0°W
Depth: 73 to 128 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEWM; Chaban (1996) s
Comments: Non Gmelin, 1791.
Combining Genera:  Amphisphyra Utriculus

Diaphana pellucida Brown, 1827,  pl. 38, fig. 10-11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Dunbar
Range: 39.95°N to 39.88°N; 70.98°W to 70.93°W
Depth: 219 to 668 m
References: Verrill (1880) DdNSEW; Chaban (1996) s
Combining Genera:  Amphisphyra Utriculus

Diaphana spirata Odhner, 1907, 
[Synonym]
References: Chaban (1996) s

Bulla subangulata Möller, 1842a, p. 79
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Depth: 73 to 82 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.8 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Möller (1842a) M; Lemche (1941a) s; Schiötte & Warén (1992) Dd
Combining Genera:  Akera

Diaphana watanabei Habe, 1976, 
[Synonym]
References: Chaban (1996) s


Partial List of References

Brown, T. 1827. Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland  [vi] + v, 52 pls. W. H. Lizars, D. Lizars and S. Highley: London. [True date: post 25 Nov.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.

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