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Diaphana floridana Dall, 1927

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Opistobranchia - opisthobranchs »  family Diaphanidae »  genus Diaphana

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Diaphana floridana

Author: Schiøtte, T.

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Description

Shell small, inflated, thin, whitish, with an involved spire; surface smooth except for more or less conspicuous incremental lines; apex a small dimple, the posterior commissure of the aperture narrowly rounded, the anterior part expanded, rounded in front, the thin lip passing insensibly into the strongly thickened pillar-lip, with a conspicuous coating of enamel on the body. Length, 4; diameter, 3.5 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 107932.
Off Fernandina, a single specimen.
The form is slightly pyriform.
Dall, W.H., 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Diaphana floridana Dall, 1927]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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