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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)
> brazieri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphisphyra Lovén, 1846
=Austrodiaphana Pilsbry, 1895
=Physema H. & A. Adams, 1858
=Prodiaphana Chaban, 1996
Synonymised Names:
=Austrodiaphana colei C.A. Fleming, 1948
=Austrodiaphana flemingi Powell, 1955
=Austrodiaphana maunganuica Powell, 1952
=Diaphana sakuraii Habe, 1976
Images: Diaphana brazieri Angas, 1877
Lectotype, collected in 7 metres, off Sow and Pigs Reef, Port Jackson, NSW, Australia (C.64665). 4.5mm. Australian Museum, Sydney
Holotype of Austroiaphana maunganuica Powell, 1952, collected in 18 fathoms, north of Mt Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA71196). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Austroiaphana maunganuica Powell, 1952, collected in 18 fathoms, north of Mt Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA71196). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> brazieri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphisphyra Lovén, 1846
=Austrodiaphana Pilsbry, 1895
=Physema H. & A. Adams, 1858
=Prodiaphana Chaban, 1996
Synonymised Names:
=Austrodiaphana colei C.A. Fleming, 1948
=Austrodiaphana flemingi Powell, 1955
=Austrodiaphana maunganuica Powell, 1952
=Diaphana sakuraii Habe, 1976
Details: Diaphana brazieri Angas, 1877
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.5mm, Width 2.8mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands, Campbell and Auckland Islands. Also throughout Australia
Geographical Range:
AFAn
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Schiøtte, T. 1998 A taxonomic revision of the genus Diaphana Brown, 1827, including a discussion of the phylogeny and zoogeography of the genus (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia), Steenstrupia, 24 (p.80)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.274)
  • Angas, G.F. 1877 Description of one genus and twenty-five species of marine shells from New South Wales, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (p.175) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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