Hydatina


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 Van der Hoeven, 1839Hydatina amplustre Linnaeus, 1758
  • † Hydatina crebristriata 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 Hydatina montilai Delsaerdt, 1996
  • * Distribution: Philippines.Hydatina physis Hydatina vesicaria 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 linesHydatina zonata Solander in Lightfoot, 1786 '''zoned paper bubble'''

Synonyms

Hydatina aplustre : synonym of Aplustrum amplustre represented as Hydatina amplustre Hydatina cinctoria Perry, 1811.
  • * Distribution: South AfricaHydatina circulata : synonym of Hydatina zonata Hydatina exigua Hedley, 1912: synonym of Noalda exigua Hydatina eximia : synonym of Micromelo scriptus Hydatina filosa Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Hydatina physis Hydatina inflata Dunker, 1877: synonym of Hydatina zonata Hydatina stroemfeldi synonym of Hydatina vesicaria Hydatina stromfelti Odhner, 1932: synonym of Hydatina vesicaria Hydatina velum Gmelin, 1791
  • * Distribution: Indian Ocean, East Africa
  • * Length: 25-50 mm