Chinese Register of Marine Species - Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chinese
Register of
Marine Species
(ChaRMS)

ChaRMS 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. 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

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215423 on 2026-09-13

Regional species database citation

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215423 on 2026-09-13

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. 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

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 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 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] Available for editors

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 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 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 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 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 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]