Diaphana minuta

Diaphana minuta  T. Brown, 1827

• Amphisphyra expansa Jeffreys, 1865
• Bulla debilis Gould, 1840
• Bulla hyalina Turton, 1834
• Bulla subangulata Möller, 1842
• Diaphana brunnea Dall, 1919
• Diaphana candida T. Brown, 1827
• Diaphana expansa (Jeffreys, 1865)
• Diaphana hyalina (Turton, 1834)
• Diaphana hyalina spirata Odhner, 1907
• Diaphana pellucida T. Brown, 1827
• Diaphana watanabei Habe, 1976
• Retusa pellucida (Brown, 1827)

Description

Biology

Etymology

• Diaphana. From Latin “diaphanus”, from Greek “diaphanēs”, from “diaphainein”, to show through, from “dia-“, through + “phainein”, to show.
• Minuta. From Latin “minutus”, little, small, tiny.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Diaphana minuta
Sources:
: OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG	: OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions

References for the species: Diaphana minuta

Cantabria: Hidalgo (1917), Pruvot-Fol (1954). Portugal: Nordsieck (1972). Galicia: Cadée (1968), Rolán (1983). Andalucía (Med.): Peñas et al. (in press). Catalunya: Altimira (1977b). Canarias: Pruvot-Fol (1954), Nordsieck (1972), Nordsieck and García-Talavera (1979), Ortea et al. (2001), Moro et al. (2003). Madeira: McAndrew (1852, as Amphisphyra hyalina), Nordsieck and García-Talavera (1979, as Micromelo minuta).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean: