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Diaphana minuta
Diaphana minuta is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Diaphanidae.
From the article Diaphana minuta on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Diaphana minuta is a very small, translucent to white gastropod, typically 1.2–6 mm in size. Diagnostic features include:
Smooth, external shell White body Bifurcated posterior foot Cephalic shield with tentacular lobes Denticulate radular teeth A gizzard lacking plates A male reproductive system with a short penial sheath dividing into two coiled prostate branches
Range & habitat
According to WoRMS and MolluscaBase, Diaphana minuta has a broad circumpolar distribution, occurring in:
North Pacific (Japan, British Columbia, possibly Baja California) Western Atlantic (Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut) Europe (including Arctic and sub‑Arctic regions)The species is found in Europe and North America, with a circumpolar distribution.
Wikipedia: “General Range”
What it does
Diaphana minuta inhabits a wide variety of substrates, including:
Tide pools Mud, sand, clay Pebbles and shell gravel Algae (including Corallina)
Wikipedia: “Habitat and Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 482507.