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Aplustridae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Aplustridae

Rank
  
Family

Superfamily
  
Acteonoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Lower classifications
  
Hydatina, Hydatina physis, Micromelo, Hydatina zonata

The Aplustridae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.

Contents

The former name of this family, Hydatinidae (Pilsbry, 1893) has been declared invalid.

Description

The soft parts of animals in this family are brightly colored.

The oval bubble-shaped shell is thin and fragile and has a sunken spire. The shell is white or beige-colored with colored bands or stripes.

There is no operculum.

Life habits

The soft parts of the animal cannot retract completely into the shell, and therefore these animals depend for their defense on swimming and camouflage. They are specialised feeders, eating cirratulinid polychaete worms.

Genera

Genera within the family Aplustridae include:

  • Genus Aplustrum Schumacher, 1817
  • Aplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Genus Hydatina Schumacher, 1817
  • Hydatina albocincta (van der Hoeven, 1839)
  • Hydatina exquisita Voskuil, 1995
  • Hydatina fasciata (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Hydatina montillai Delsaerdt, 1996
  • Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Hydatina vesicaria (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Hydatina zonata (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Genus Micromelo Pilsbry, 1895
  • Micromelo guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
  • Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Genus Parvaplustrum Powell, 1981
  • Parvaplustrum japonicum Chaban & Chernyshev, 2013
  • Parvaplustrum tenerum Powell, 1951

    • References

    Aplustridae Wikipedia
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