Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Cylichnoidea > Family Diaphanidae > Subfamily Diaphaninae

Diaphana T. Brown, 1827

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphisphyra*	Lovén, 1846	synonym

Children

Diaphana abyssalis Schiøtte, 1998
Diaphana cretica (Forbes, 1844)
Diaphana flava (R. B. Watson, 1897)
Diaphana glacialis Odhner, 1907
Diaphana globosa (Lovén, 1846)
Diaphana hiemalis (Couthouy, 1839)
Diaphana lactea (Jeffreys, 1877)
Diaphana makarovi Gorbunov, 1946
Diaphana marshalli (Sykes, 1904)
Diaphana minuta T. Brown, 1827

Literature

original description	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. 144 pp., 52 pls.
basis of record	Schiøtte T. (1998) A taxonomic revision of the genus Diaphana Brown, 1827, including a discussion of the phylogeny and zoogeography of the genus (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). Steenstrupia 24(1): 77-140.
additional source	Ohnheiser, L. T.; Malaquias, M. A. E. (2014). The family Diaphanidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) in Europe, with a redescription of the enigmatic species Colobocephalus costellatus M. Sars, 1870. Zootaxa. 3774(6): 501-522.
subsequent type designation	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].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diaphana T. Brown, 1827. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137894