North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hydatina Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Bulla physis Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 727 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

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 2026-02-20

Regional species database citation

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 2026-02-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

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

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 727 [details] Available for editors

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

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]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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

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), Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea: 415-448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka. [details]

additional source Bartsch, P. (1940). The correct name of the Florida Hydatina. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 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.". The Nautilus. 50(1): 29-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524476 [details]

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

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

additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. 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. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

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) Philippine marine mollusks volume 3. 665 pp., pls 708-1014. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details]