Hydatina is a genus of sea snails, bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplustridae.
Species
Species within this genus include:
- Hydatina albocincta <small>Van der Hoeven, 1839</small>
- Hydatina amplustre <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
- â Hydatina crebristriata <small>(H. Woodward, 1879)</small>
- Hydatina exquisita Voskuil, 1995
- Distribution: Marquesas Islands
- Length: 21 mm
- Description: very globose, thin shell with black and purplish spiral bands on body whorl and a narrow white band below the suture and at anterior end: anterior end of the columella is directed slightly to the right.
- Hydatina fasciata <small>(Bruguière, 1792)</small>
- Hydatina montilai <small>Delsaerdt, 1996</small>
- Distribution: Philippines.
- Hydatina physis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Hydatina vesicaria <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small> brown-lined paper bubble
- Distribution: Florida, Mexico, Caribbean.
- Length: 17–45 mm
- Description: lives on the bottom at the depth of 8 m to 64 m; very fragile and delicate shell with fine brown spiral lines
- Hydatina zonata <small>Solander in Lightfoot, 1786</small> zoned paper bubble
Synonyms
- Hydatina aplustre [sic]: synonym of Aplustrum amplustre <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> represented as Hydatina amplustre <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (misspelling)
- Hydatina cinctoria <small>Perry, 1811</small> (color variant and synonym of Hydatina zonata).
- Distribution: South Africa
- Hydatina circulata <small>(Martyn, 1789)</small> : synonym of Hydatina zonata ([Lightfoot], 1786) (non-binominal)
- Hydatina exigua <small>Hedley, 1912</small>: synonym of Noalda exigua <small>(Hedley, 1912)</small>
- Hydatina eximia <small>(Deshayes, 1863)</small>: synonym of Micromelo scriptus <small>(Garrett, 1857)</small>
- Hydatina filosa <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>: synonym of Hydatina physis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Hydatina inflata <small>Dunker, 1877</small>: synonym of Hydatina zonata <small>([Lightfoot], 1786)</small> (junior synonym)
- Hydatina stroemfeldi [sic] synonym of Hydatina vesicaria <small>([Lightfoot], 1786)</small> (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Hydatina stromfelti <small>Odhner, 1932</small>: synonym of Hydatina vesicaria <small>([Lightfoot], 1786)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Hydatina velum <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> (probably color variant and synonym of Hydatina zonata)
- Distribution: Indian Ocean, East Africa
- Length: 25–50 mm
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References
- Voskuil, R. P. A. (1995). The living species of the genus Hydatina Schumacher, 1817, (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Hydatinidae) with the description of a new species. Vita Marina. 43 (1-2): 29-38.
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