WoRMS taxon details
Diaphana lactea (Jeffreys, 1877)
139554 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139554)
accepted
Species
Diaphana jonica di Geronimo, 1974 · unaccepted
Retusa lactea (Jeffreys, 1877) · unaccepted
Utriculus lacteus Jeffreys, 1877 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Utriculus lacteus Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys, J. G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)19: 317-339., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456944
page(s): 334 [details]
page(s): 334 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diaphana lactea (Jeffreys, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139554 on 2025-06-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Diaphana jonica di Geronimo, 1974) Di Geronimo, I. (1974). Molluschi bentonici in sedimenti recenti batiali e abissali dello Jonio. <em>Conchiglie.</em> 10 (7-8) : 133-172, pls 1-5., available online at http://www.societaitalianadimalacologia.it/Conchiglie65_78/Volume10/DiGeronimo.Molluschi.bentonici.pdf
page(s): 151-152, 164-165 [details]
original description (of Utriculus lacteus Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys, J. G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)19: 317-339., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456944
page(s): 334 [details]
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): 507-508 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 151-152, 164-165 [details]
original description (of Utriculus lacteus Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys, J. G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)19: 317-339., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456944
page(s): 334 [details]
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): 507-508 [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
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]





To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Retusa lactea (Jeffreys, 1877))
To Malacopics (Diaphana lactea (Jeffreys, 1877))
To PESI (from synonym Diaphana jonica di Geronimo, 1974)
To PESI (from synonym Utriculus lacteus Jeffreys, 1877)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Retusa lactea (Jeffreys, 1877))
To Malacopics (Diaphana lactea (Jeffreys, 1877))
To PESI (from synonym Diaphana jonica di Geronimo, 1974)
To PESI (from synonym Utriculus lacteus Jeffreys, 1877)
To PESI
To ITIS