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Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758)

215423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215423)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Heterobranchia
  6. Euthyneura
  7. Acteonimorpha
  8. Acteonoidea
  9. Aplustridae
  10. Hydatina
  11. Hydatina physis
accepted
Species
Hydatina Schumacher, 1817
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 727 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=215423 on 2026-08-08
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=215423 on 2026-08-08
Date
action
by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2001-12-15 16:49:27Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-08-29 13:02:12Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2012-06-02 13:54:22Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2015-01-16 10:00:55Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2020-04-19 20:25:46Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 727 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Voskuil, R. P. A. (1995). The living species of the genus <i>Hydatina</i> Schumacher, 1817, (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Hydatinidae) with the description of a new species. <em>Vita Marina.</em> 43 (1-2): 29-38. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the recent Mollusca recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Beu, A. G. (2011). Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. <em>Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 41: 1-153., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2011.548763 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), <i>Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea</i>: 415-448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka. [details] 

additional source Bartsch, P. (1940). The correct name of the Florida <i>Hydatina</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 53: 92 [28 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34587937 [details] 

additional source Lyman, F. B. (1936). "It was a great day.". <em>The Nautilus.</em> 50(1): 29-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524476 [details] 

additional source Lyman, F. B. (1938). <i>Hydatina physis</i> (L.) in Lake Worth, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 52(1): 33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284533 [details] 

additional source Lyman, F. B. (1938). <i>Hydatina physis</i> (L.) in Lake Worth, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 52(2): 72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284580 [details] 

additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 56 [details] 

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 174. [details] 

identification resource Poppe G. (2010) <i>Philippine marine mollusks</i> volume 3. 665 pp., pls 708-1014. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details] 
 
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To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydatina physis) 
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 15 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, Queensland, Hervey Bay) 
To Malacopics (Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) Mauritius, Flacq, Poste Lafayette Beach, SW of Poi... 
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