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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
DIAPHANIDAE: DIAPHANINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Cylichnoidea (Superfamily)
> Diaphanidae (Family)
> Diaphaninae (Subfamily)
> Diaphana (Genus)
> umbilicata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphisphyra Lovén, 1846
=Austrodiaphana Pilsbry, 1895
=Physema H. & A. Adams, 1858
=Prodiaphana Chaban, 1996
Synonymised Names:
=Philine umbilicata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Images: Diaphana umbilicata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001721). 3.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
DIAPHANIDAE: DIAPHANINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Cylichnoidea (Superfamily)
> Diaphanidae (Family)
> Diaphaninae (Subfamily)
> Diaphana (Genus)
> umbilicata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphisphyra Lovén, 1846
=Austrodiaphana Pilsbry, 1895
=Physema H. & A. Adams, 1858
=Prodiaphana Chaban, 1996
Synonymised Names:
=Philine umbilicata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Details: Diaphana umbilicata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.5mm, Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, northern North Island, Cook Strait, eastern South Island, and Chatham Islands, from 23-805m
Type Data:
  • 200 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.272)
  • Rudman, W.B. 1970 A revision of the genus Philine in New Zealand with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia), Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 2(1) (p.24)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.279) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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