''Hydatina'' is a

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sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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opisthobranch Opisthobranchs () is now an 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. Euopisth ...

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Aplustridae The Aplustridae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acteonoidea. The former name of this family, Hydatinidae (Pilsbry, 1893) has been declared invalid.Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed ...

Species

Species within this genus include: * ''

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 taxonomic family of sea snails or bubble snails, ...

'' Van der Hoeven, 1839 * ''

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, ...

'' Perry, 1811 (color variant and synonym of ''Hydatina zonata''). ** Distribution: South Africa * '' 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 ''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'' Pe ...

'' Delsaerdt, 1996 ** Distribution: Philippines. * ''

Hydatina physis ''Hydatina physis'' is a species of sea snail, a bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplustridae. Its common names include striped paper bubble, green-lined paper bubble, brown-lined paper bubble, and rose petal ...

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Hydatina velum ''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'' Pe ...

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, 1791 (probably color variant and synonym of ''Hydatina zonata'') ** Distribution: Indian Ocean, East Africa ** Length: 25–50 mm * ''

Hydatina vesicaria ''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'' Pe ...

'' (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 * ''

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. Description The shell has the s ...

Solander Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander (19 February 1733 – 13 May 1782) was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Solander was the first university-educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil. Biography ...

in Lightfoot, 1786 zoned paper bubble ;synonyms * ''

Hydatina 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 a ...

'' Linnaeus,

accepted as '' Aplustrum amplustre''

Gallery

Image:Hydatina albocincta - Royal Ontario Museum - DSC00204.JPG, ''

'' Image:Hydatina physis Réunion.JPG, ''

'' Image:Hydatina zonata shell.jpg, ''

References

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Info on the genus
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