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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Diaphanoidea: Diaphanidae

Diaphana globosa (Lovén, 1846)


Range: 50.55°N to 39.88°N; 71.22°W to 46.37°W
Depth: 210 to 1752 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4  mm

Details


Amphisphyra globosa Lovén, 1846, p. 143
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Bohuslän--Finmark
Range: 50.55°N to 39.88°N; 71.22°W to 46.37°W
Depth: 210 to 1752 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
References: Lovén (1846) M; Verrill (1880) dS; Verrill (1882a) W; Clarke (1974) DNE
Comments: Sometimes considered a synonym of D. minuta, but Thompson (1988) considered it a valid Scandinavian species. The Western Atlantic records thus might represent misidentifications of D. hiemalis--see Chaban (1996).


Partial List of References

Lovén, [S. L.] 1846. Nordens Hafs-Mollusker Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3 134-160. [Stated date: 13 May 1846.]

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