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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 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 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:
South-eastern Australia and New Zealand. Off Cape Reinga, north-eastern and south-western North Island, eastern and south-western South Island, Stewart, Auckland and Campbell islands, from 10-586m
Type Data:
  • 33 metres, N of Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype of Austrodiaphana maunganuica Powell, 1952)
  • 25 metres, Coromrant Cove, Dusky Sound, Fiordland, NZ, (holotype of Austrodiaphana colei Fleming, 1948)
  • 175 metres, N of Auckland Islands, NZ, (holotype of Austrodiaphana flemingi Powell, 1955)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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

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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