Family DIAPHANIDAE Odhner, 1914
- Diaphanidae Odhner, N. H. 1914. Ptisanula limnaeoides, a new Arctic opisthobranchiate mollusc, its anatomy and affinities. Arkiv för Zoologi .
Type genus:
Diaphana Brown, 1827.
Introduction
Generally small animals with thin fragile transparent shells, into which the body can retract. The head is wider anteriorly, with furrowed margins. The foot is short in those species with external shell, sometime indented in the rear margin, sometimes with an accessory “foot” formed by a posterior fold of the shell mantle showing behind the shell. In species with internal shell, the foot is long and slender, and much wider in front. Compiled from Burn (in press).
General References
Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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30-Nov-2011 | OPISTHOBRANCHIA | 30-Nov-2011 | MOVED | Dr Robin Wilson |
11-Jan-2016 | 24-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
24-Mar-2011 | (import) |