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Diaphana globosa S. L. Lovén, 1846

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

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Diaphana globosa

Author: Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet.

Diaphana globosa

Author: Schiøtte, T.

Taxon in country check-lists*

Arctic, Europe: Norway, Russia

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Description

T. perforata, tenuissima, hyalina, epidermide tecta, subgiobosa, postice leviter, angustata, truncata; anfractibus spirae 2—3, sutura canaliculata distincti; apertura; obpyriformis, antice, postice sinum angustum praebens.; labrum sub angulo obtuso abiens, dem deflaxum, leviter impressum, antice large arcuatum, productum; columella subrecta, leviter recedens, vix reflecta; umbilicus parvus subobtectus. Long., 4 mm. (Loven.)
Shell very thin, vitreous, subglobose; base obliquely rounded; vertex narrowly truncated, narrowly perforated, the spire nearly concealed. Aperture as long as the shell, narrow and supine above, expanded below; outer lip produced above the vertex and subangulate, obliquely arcuate below; columella flexuous, umbilicus distinct. (Tryon and Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology.)
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Distribution

Type locality, Scandinavia. RANGE. Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean; circumboreal
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
Author: Jan Delsing

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