''Hydatina'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
sea snails, bubble snails,
marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
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 ...
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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 taxonomic family of sea snails or bubble ...
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Van der Hoeven, 1839
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Hydatina cinctoria''
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.
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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 opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplustridae. Its common names include striped paper bubble, green-lined paper bubble, brown-lined paper bubble, and rose pe ...
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
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Hydatina velum''
Gmelin, 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
The Aplustridae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine ga ...
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Solander in Lightfoot, 1786 zoned paper bubble
;synonyms
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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 ...
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Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758 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 aroun ...
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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 taxonomic family of sea snails or bubble ...
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Image:Hydatina physis Réunion.JPG, ''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 pe ...
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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
The Aplustridae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine ga ...
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References
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Sea Slug Forum infoInfo on the genus
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Aplustridae