Haminoeidae

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Haminoeidae
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live Haminoea sp.
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A shell of Haminoea zelandiae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Cohort: Tectipleura
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Haminoeoidea
Family: Haminoeidae
Pilsbry, 1895 [1]
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Atydidae Thiele, 1925 (ranked as subfamily of Haminoeidae)
  • Atydinae Thiele, 1925· accepted, alternate representation
  • Bullactidae Thiele, 1926
  • Hamineidae (Spelling variation)
  • Haminoeinae Pilsbry, 1895· accepted, alternate representation
  • Ophthalmidae Bergh, 1905 · unaccepted (unavailable name: not based on a genus)
  • Smaragdinellidae Thiele, 1925

Haminoeidae, commonly known as the haminoeid bubble snail family, is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Haminoeoidea.

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The name of this family has long been controversial, and used to be Atyidae or Atydidae. Another, but incorrect, spelling was Haminaeidae (See (ICZN) 2000. Opinion 1942).

A number of genera have been proposed for this family, but the species are hard to identify (or sometimes impossible to identify) by looking only at the external characteristics. Until the internal anatomy of 'wet' specimens has been fully described, the status of many of the genera listed here is uncertain.

Distribution

These bubble snails occur in all warm or temperate seas.

Habitat

These are sand dwellers or they live on muddy bottoms, in bays, estuaries, and close to the shore in tidepools.

Description of the live animal

These are colorful snails, that can partially take the color of the sea floor.

Their large cephalic shield is rounded at the front, but deeply lobed behind. The mantle protrudes behind the shell. The shell is partially or completely enfolded by lateral parapodial (=fleshy winglike outgrowths) lobes.

Shell description

Their shell varies in size according to the species, from 3 mm to 30 mm.

The shell is ovoid, thin and translucent. It may be smooth or have spiral grooves (striae). The umbilical apex is sunken or enclosed and no longer visible. Large body whorl with fine spiral striations. Smooth columella. The thin outer lip of the aperture extends beyond the apex of the shell and is thus longer than the body whorl. The aperture narrows posteriorly and is wider anteriorly.

Ecology

These snails are herbivorous. Their diet consists of various kinds of green algae. They can survive in brackish water.

They are hermaphrodites. Their eggs are deposited in round or oval jellylike strings, attached to eelgrass or sand.

Atys naucum and Atys cylindricum are known to show biological fluorescence.

Genera and species

Genera within the family Haminoeidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy
Brought to another family


Since most of these bubble snails were named on the basis of the shell alone, the occurrence of synonyms among the following species is quite possible.

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Aliculastrum is a genus of small sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae.

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<i>Papawera zelandiae</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Pupa</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

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<i>Acteon</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

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<i>Haminoea</i> Genus of gastropods

Haminoea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae, the haminoea bubble snails, part of the clade Cephalaspidea, the headshield slugs and bubble snails.

<i>Haloa japonica</i> Species of gastropod

Haloa japonica, common name the Japanese bubble snail, is a species of sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Haminoeidae, one of the families of bubble snails.

<i>Bullina</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Haminoea natalensis</i> Species of marine opisthobranch mollusc from South Africa

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<i>Smaragdinella</i> Genus of sea snails

Smaragdinella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae, the haminoea bubble snails, part of the clade Cephalaspidea, the headshield slugs and bubble snails.

Atys convexa is a species of small tropical sea snail, a bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Haminoeidae, the haminoea bubble snails.

<i>Aliculastrum cylindricum</i> Species of gastropod

Aliculastrum cylindricum,, is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Haminoeidae.

<i>Phanerophthalmus</i> Genus of gastropods

Phanerophthalmus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae, the haminoea bubble snails, part of the clade Cephalaspidea, the headshield slugs and bubble snails.

<i>Aliculastrum debile</i> Species of gastropod

Aliculastrum debile is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Haminoeidae.

References

  1. ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1895). Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Polyplacophora, (Chitons.) Acanthochitidae, Cryptoplacidae and appendix. Tectibranchiata. 15: page 351.
  2. 1 2 Malaquias M. A. E. (2010). "Systematics, phylogeny, and natural history of Bullacta exarata (Philippi, 1849): an endemic cephalaspidean gastropod from the China Sea". Journal of Natural History 44(33 & 34): 2015-2029. doi:10.1080/00222933.2010.487574.
  3. ↑ Malaquias M. A. E., Dodds J. M., Bouchet P. & Reid D. G. (2009). "A molecular phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Euthyneura): Architectibranchia redefined and Runcinacea reinstated". Zoologica Scripta 38(1): 23-41. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00354.x.
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