WoRMS taxon details
Diaphana hiemalis (Couthouy, 1839)
139553 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139553)
accepted
Species
Amphisphyra hiemalis (Couthouy, 1839) · unaccepted
Amphisphyra hiemalis var. loveni Friele, 1886 · unaccepted
Bulla hiemalis Couthouy, 1839 · unaccepted
Diaphana tibai T. Habe, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Bulla hiemalis Couthouy, 1839) Couthouy, J. P. (1839). Monograph on the family Osteodesmacea of Deshayes, with remarks on two species of Patelloidea, and descriptions of new species of marine shells, a species of <i>Anculotus</i>, and one of <i>Eolis</i>. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(2): 129-189., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266787
page(s): 180-181; pl. 4-5 [details]
page(s): 180-181; pl. 4-5 [details]
Taxonomy Schiøtte (1998) listed Philine laevissima M. Sars, 1859 and Utriculopsis vitrea M. Sars, 1870 as synonyms of Diaphana...
Taxonomy Schiøtte (1998) listed Philine laevissima M. Sars, 1859 and Utriculopsis vitrea M. Sars, 1870 as synonyms of Diaphana hiemalis but this was rebutted by Ohnheiser and Malaquias (2013) who considered these to be distinct and renamed them Philine confusa Ohnheiser and Malaquias, 2013. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Diaphana hiemalis (Couthouy, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139553 on 2026-10-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulla hiemalis Couthouy, 1839) Couthouy, J. P. (1839). Monograph on the family Osteodesmacea of Deshayes, with remarks on two species of Patelloidea, and descriptions of new species of marine shells, a species of <i>Anculotus</i>, and one of <i>Eolis</i>. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(2): 129-189., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266787
page(s): 180-181; pl. 4-5 [details]
original description (of Amphisphyra hiemalis var. loveni Friele, 1886) Friele H. (1886). Zoology, Mollusca II. <i> Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878</i>, 3(16): 1-44, pl. 7-12, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7325215
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Diaphana tibai T. Habe, 1976) Habe, T. (1976). Eight new and little known cephalaspid Opisthobranchia from Japan. <em>Venus, Tokyo.</em> 35(4): 151-157, pl. 1., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjm/35/4/35_KJ00004342303/_pdf
page(s): 152, pl. 1, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Ohnheiser, L. T.; Malaquias, M. A. E. (2014). The family Diaphanidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) in Europe, with a redescription of the enigmatic species <em>Colobocephalus</em> <em>costellatus</em> M. Sars, 1870. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3774(6): 501-522., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3774.6.1
page(s): 505-507 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 180-181; pl. 4-5 [details]
original description (of Amphisphyra hiemalis var. loveni Friele, 1886) Friele H. (1886). Zoology, Mollusca II. <i> Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878</i>, 3(16): 1-44, pl. 7-12, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7325215
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Diaphana tibai T. Habe, 1976) Habe, T. (1976). Eight new and little known cephalaspid Opisthobranchia from Japan. <em>Venus, Tokyo.</em> 35(4): 151-157, pl. 1., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjm/35/4/35_KJ00004342303/_pdf
page(s): 152, pl. 1, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Ohnheiser, L. T.; Malaquias, M. A. E. (2014). The family Diaphanidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) in Europe, with a redescription of the enigmatic species <em>Colobocephalus</em> <em>costellatus</em> M. Sars, 1870. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3774(6): 501-522., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3774.6.1
page(s): 505-507 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Chaban E.M. & Chernyshev A.V. (2013) New and little-known shell-bearing heterobranch mollusks (Heterobranchia: Aplustridae and Cephalaspidea) from the bathyal zone of the northwestern part of the Sea of Japan. <i>Deep-Sea Research II</i> 86-87: 156-163. [Published online 2 August 2012; Code-compliant paper copy published in March 2013] , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.040 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nekhaev, I. O.; Omarova, A.; Matveeva, K.; Kokarev, V. (2026). A hot encounter at a cold seep: a new endemic <i>Frigidoalvania</i> Warén, 1974 (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae) from the Arctic and its phylogenetic ties. <em>Journal of Marine Systems.</em> 257: 104262: 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2026.104262
page(s): Fig. 3H [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schiøtte T. (1998) A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Diaphana</i> Brown, 1827, including a discussion of the phylogeny and zoogeography of the genus (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). <i>Steenstrupia</i> 24(1): 77-140. [details]
[request]additional source Nekhaev, I. O.; Omarova, A.; Matveeva, K.; Kokarev, V. (2026). A hot encounter at a cold seep: a new endemic <i>Frigidoalvania</i> Warén, 1974 (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae) from the Arctic and its phylogenetic ties. <em>Journal of Marine Systems.</em> 257: 104262: 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2026.104262
page(s): Fig. 3H [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schiøtte T. (1998) A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Diaphana</i> Brown, 1827, including a discussion of the phylogeny and zoogeography of the genus (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). <i>Steenstrupia</i> 24(1): 77-140. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Schiøtte (1998) listed Philine laevissima M. Sars, 1859 and Utriculopsis vitrea M. Sars, 1870 as synonyms of Diaphana hiemalis but this was rebutted by Ohnheiser and Malaquias (2013) who considered these to be distinct and renamed them Philine confusa Ohnheiser and Malaquias, 2013. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミガキアワツブガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diaphana tibai T. Habe, 1976)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Bulla hiemalis Couthouy, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Diaphana tibai T. Habe, 1976)
To PESI (from synonym Amphisphyra hiemalis (Couthouy, 1839))
To PESI (from synonym Amphisphyra hiemalis var. loveni Friele, 1886)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bulla hiemalis Couthouy, 1839)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diaphana tibai T. Habe, 1976)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Bulla hiemalis Couthouy, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Diaphana tibai T. Habe, 1976)
To PESI (from synonym Amphisphyra hiemalis (Couthouy, 1839))
To PESI (from synonym Amphisphyra hiemalis var. loveni Friele, 1886)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bulla hiemalis Couthouy, 1839)
To ITIS
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