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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)
> tasmanica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphisphyra Lovén, 1846
=Austrodiaphana Pilsbry, 1895
=Physema H. & A. Adams, 1858
=Prodiaphana Chaban, 1996
Synonymised Names:
=Akera tasmanica Beddome, 1883
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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)
> tasmanica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphisphyra Lovén, 1846
=Austrodiaphana Pilsbry, 1895
=Physema H. & A. Adams, 1858
=Prodiaphana Chaban, 1996
Synonymised Names:
=Akera tasmanica Beddome, 1883
Details: Diaphana tasmanica (Beddome, 1883)
Distribution:
South-eastern Australia and southern New Zealand. Stewart Island and Auckland Islands, from 1-141m
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.88)
  • Beddome, C. 1883 Description of some marine shells of Tasmania, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (p.167) 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