Hydatina
Genus of gastropods
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Hydatina is a genus of sea snails, bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplustridae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Aplustridae |
| Genus: | Hydatina Schumacher, 1817 |
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Species
Species within this genus include:
- Hydatina albocincta Van der Hoeven, 1839
- Hydatina amplustre Linnaeus, 1758
- † Hydatina crebristriata (H. Woodward, 1879)
- 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 (Bruguière, 1792)
- Hydatina montilai Delsaerdt, 1996
- Distribution: Philippines.
- Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hydatina vesicaria (Lightfoot, 1786) 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 Solander in Lightfoot, 1786 zoned paper bubble
Synonyms
- Hydatina aplustre [sic]: synonym of Aplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Hydatina amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Hydatina cinctoria Perry, 1811 (color variant and synonym of Hydatina zonata).
- Distribution: South Africa
- Hydatina circulata (Martyn, 1789) : synonym of Hydatina zonata ([Lightfoot], 1786) (non-binominal)
- Hydatina exigua Hedley, 1912: synonym of Noalda exigua (Hedley, 1912)
- Hydatina eximia (Deshayes, 1863): synonym of Micromelo scriptus (Garrett, 1857)
- Hydatina filosa Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Hydatina inflata Dunker, 1877: synonym of Hydatina zonata ([Lightfoot], 1786) (junior synonym)
- Hydatina stroemfeldi [sic] synonym of Hydatina vesicaria ([Lightfoot], 1786) (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Hydatina stromfelti Odhner, 1932: synonym of Hydatina vesicaria ([Lightfoot], 1786) (junior subjective synonym)
- Hydatina velum Gmelin, 1791 (probably color variant and synonym of Hydatina zonata)
- Distribution: Indian Ocean, East Africa
- Length: 25–50 mm
