Diaphana
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Diaphana T. Brown, 1827
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Diaphana T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137894 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2025-11-28T05:48:25Z
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replaces: 509645
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Diaphana T. Brown, 1827
class: Gastropoda
family: Diaphanidae
genus: Diaphana
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations].
name published in: Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)].
name published in: Chaban, E.M. (1996). Opistobranch molluscs of the family Diaphanidae (Gastropoda. Opisthobranchia) of Russian seas [In Russian]. Ruthenica. 6(2): 127-148.
name published in: Lovén, S. L. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar. (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50].
name published in: Petterd, W. F. (1886). New species of Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1885. 320-321.
name published in: Pilsbry, H. A. (1893-1895). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 1. Vol. 15: Polyplacophora (Chitons). Acanthochitidae, Cryptoplacidae and appendix. Tectibranchiata. pp 1-463, pls 1-58 [pls. 51-58 never issued]. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-10, Nov. 16, 1893; pp. 65-132, pls. 11-17, Mar. 19, 1894; pp. 133-180, pls. 18-42, Jul. 27, 1894; pp. 181-436, pls. 43-50, 59-61, Feb. 2, 1895].
name published in year: 1827
name published in year: 1853-1858
name published in year: 1996
name published in year: 1846
name published in year: 1886
name published in year: 1893-1895
order: Cephalaspidea
parent name usage ID: 1750
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: T. Brown, 1827
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted