Chocolate-banded bubble snail
Hydatina amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hydatina amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- Chocolate-banded bubble snail
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Aplustridae
- Genus
- Hydatina
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassHeterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
- infraclassEuthyneura Spengel, 1881
- subterclassActeonimorpha
- superfamilyActeonoidea A. d'Orbigny, 1842
- familyAplustridae J. E. Gray, 1847
- genusHydatina Schumacher, 1817
- speciesHydatina amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hydatina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hydatina fasciata (Bruguière, 1792) | AplustridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Amplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonym |
| Aplustrum fasciatum Schumacher, 1817 Schumacher, 1817 | synonym |
| Aplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonym |
| Bulla (Aplustrum) thalassiarchi A. Adams, 1850 A. Adams, 1850 | synonym |
| Hydatina aplustre [sic] | synonym |
| Amplustrum fasciatum (Schumacher, 1817) (Schumacher, 1817) | synonym |
| Aplustrum thalassiarchi (A. Adams, 1850) (A. Adams, 1850) | synonym |
| Bulla amplustre Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Bulla pulchella Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840 | ambiguous synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215421 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3MZ7C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.