Haminoeidae

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Haminoeidae
Haminoea.png
live Haminoea sp.
Haminoea zelandiae (white bubble shell).JPG
A shell of Haminoea zelandiae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Cohort:
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
  • 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.

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

Atys naucum and are known to show biological fluorescence.

Genera and species[]

Genera within the family Haminoeidae include:

  • Aliculastrum Pilsbry, 1896
  • Atys Montfort, 1810
  • Oskars & Malaquias, 2019
  • Bullacta Bergh, 1901 - with the only species: Bullacta exarata (Philippi, 1849)[2]
  • Kuroda & Habe, 1952
  • Iredale, 1936
  • Pilsbry, 1921
  • Thiele, 1925
  • Haminoea Turton & Kingston in Carrington, 1830
  • Habe, 1952
  • Pilsbry, 1921
  • Oskars & Malaquias, 2019
  • Phanerophthalmus A. Adams, 1850
  • Monterosato, 1884
  • Habe, 1952: synonym of Pilsbry, 1921
  • Smaragdinella A. Adams, 1848
  • Oskars, Too, Rees, P. M. Mikkelsen, Willassen & Malaquias, 2019
  • Weinkauffia Monterosato, 1884
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Atyscaphander Annandale, 1924: synonym of Bullacta Bergh, 1901
  • Austrocylichna Burn, 1974: synonym of Monterosato, 1884
  • Dinia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Iredale, 1936
  • Haminea Gray, 1847: synonym of Haminoea Turton & Kingston in Carrington, 1830
  • Limulatys Iredale, 1936: synonym of Weinkauffia Weinkauff, 1873
  • Nipponatys Habe, 1952; synonym of Aliculastrum Pilsbry, 1896
  • Sinohaminea Tchang, 1933: synonym of Bullacta Bergh, 1901
  • Sphaeratys F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Oxygyrus Benson, 1835
  • Ventomnestia Iredale, 1936: synonym of Mnestia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Brought to another family
  • Micratys Habe, 1952: belongs to the family [unassigned] Cephalaspidea
  • Habe, 1952: belongs to the family Alacuppidae.
  • Mnestia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854; belongs to the family Mnestiidae
  • Genus
    • A. Adams, 1850 - Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Length : 10 mm, Description : this herbivore is found on the bluegreen algae Lyngbya majuscula, Schizothrix and Hormothamnion. There is a pointed projection on the columella. The color varies between green and various shades of brown. The two black eyes are on the back of the cephalic shield.
    • A. Adams, 1850
      • Distribution: Japan
  • Genus Haloa
    • (H. A. Pilsbry, 1895)
      • Distribution : Indo Pacific
    • A. Adams, 1850
      • Distribution : Japan
    • W. H. Pease, 1860
      • Distribution : Hawaii
    • (A. Adams, 1850)
      • Distribution : Indo Pacific
    • W. H. Pease, 1863
      • Distribution : Indo Pacific
    • H. A. Pilsbry, 1895 Japanese Paper-bubble
      • Distribution : Indo Pacific, Japan
      • Length : 10 mm
      • Description : species with beautiful colors : glassy white background with tiny white spots and dark patches with orange dots.
    • T. Habe, 1950
      • Distribution : Indo Pacific
    • T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971
      • Distribution : Japan
      • Length : 7 mm
      • Description : intertidal among seaweeds
    • W. H. Pease, 1868
      • Distribution : Japan
    • A. Adams, 1850
      • Distribution : Japan
    • (A. Adams, 1850)
      • Distribution : Japan
    • T. Habe, 1952
      • Distribution : Indo Pacific
  • Genus Habe, 1950 (incertae sedis; may be belong to the family Bullidae)
    • Habe, 1950
      • Distribution : Okinawa
      • Length : 6 mm
      • Description : brown animal with short cephalic shield; on the shell there are a few transverse rows with brighter dots
  • Genus Pilsbry, 1921

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.

    • (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
      • Distribution : Australia
      • Description : elongate body; parapodial flaps cover only the front of the thin, fragile shell
    • (A. Adams, 1850)
      • Distribution : Western Pacific
      • Description : elongate body; the color can vary from a few dark spots on a translucent body, to almost completely dark.
    • Yokoyama, 1928
      • Distribution : Japan
    • A. A. Gould, 1859
      • Distribution : Indo Pacific
    • Nomura & Hatai, 1940
      • Distribution : Japan
    • A. A. Gould, 1859
      • Distribution : Japan
    • H. A. Pilsbry, 1951
      • Distribution : Hawaiian Islands
    • A. Adams, 1862
      • Distribution : Japan
  • Genus Iredale, 1936
    • T. Habe, 1952
      • Distribution : Indo Pacific
      • Length : 16 mm
    • (J. Thiele, 1925)
      • Distribution : S.E. Asia, Thailand
      • Length : 8 mm
    • T. Habe, 1952
      • Distribution : Japan
    • A. A. Gould, 1859
      • Distribution : Indo Pacific, Philippines
    • T. Habe, 1952
      • Distribution : Indo Pacific
    • T. Habe, 1964 Egg-shaped Bubble
      • Distribution : Indo Pacific, Philippines, Thailand
      • Length : 20 mm
    • Habe, 1952
      • Distribution : Philippines
      • Length : 9 mm
    • Iredale, 1936
      • Distribution : New Zealand
    • A. Adams, 1862
      • Distribution : Japan
    • A. Adams, 1850
      • Distribution : Japan
  • Genus Micratys Habe, 1952
    • T. Habe, 1952
      • Distribution : Japan, Philippines
      • Length : 2 mm
  • Genus Mimatys Habe, 1952
    • T. Habe, 1952
      • Distribution : Japan, Philippines
      • Length : 2.5 mm
  • Genus Kurida & Habe, 1952
    • T. Habe & Kikuchi, 1960
      • Distribution : Japan
    • T. Habe & Kikuchi, 1960
    • A. Adams, 1862
      • Distribution : Japan
  • Genus Habe, 1952
  • Genus F. Nordsieck, 1972 (?)
  • Genus
    • (A. Adams, 1850)
    • Iredale, 1936
    • (Gould, 1859) (may be a synonym of Ventomnestia bizona)
      • Distribution : Guam
      • Length : 5.5 mm
      • Description : a bubble snail with a great variation in color, from white to brown, but always with a characteristic pattern; heavy shell; radula formula : 2.1.2;
  • Genus Weinkauffia A. Adams, 1858
    • A. Aradas & Maggiore, 1839
      • Distribution : West Africa
      • Description : has similar gizzard plates as Atys multistriatus
    • Forbes, 1844
      • Distribution : Adriatic Sea, Malta, Turkey
      • Length : 5 mm
      • Description : fossils of this species have been found in sediments of Pliocene age in Italy.

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. ^ a b 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.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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