Diaphana minuta is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Diaphanidae. The species is found in Europe and North America, with a circumpolar distribution. It can be found in the intertidal zone.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Diaphana minuta has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens10
BINs4
Marker genes1
eDNA detections6
Countries3
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P657 bp consensus6 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 75% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Diversity (π)12.4%
Haplotypes1
BINs4
Where individuals differ — all 163 variable positions, in barcode order
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 907 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 963
Museum / vouchered2 366
Fossil3
Other575
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 840 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit1 201
200–1000 m twilight43
1–4 km midnight8
>4 km abyssal0
median 17.5 m · max 2 886 m · 1 252 records with depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy99% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 426≤1 km 9≤10 km 12>10 km 2
1 449 georeferenced · 514 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 963
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy66% within 1 km
≤100 m 27≤1 km 112≤10 km 63>10 km 9
211 georeferenced · 2 155 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 366
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions15 of 46 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
CEFASlocation not on record
335
Bergen, NO
71
730location not on record
70
Bergen, NO
51
Washington, US
37
DASSHlocation not on record
33
Stockholm, SE
33
New Haven, US
30
CASlocation not on record
21
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
17
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
12
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
11
Biomorlocation not on record
10
Cambridge, US
10
PNHSlocation not on record
9
MZLUlocation not on record
8
Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State Universitylocation not on record
7
The Atlantic reference Centrelocation not on record
7
Gothenburg, SE
6
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
6
Los Angeles, US
6
Tromsø, NO
5
Norwegian Institute of Marine Researchlocation not on record
5
486location not on record
4
ArcODlocation not on record
4
Edmonton, CA
4
Institut Francais pour l'Etude de la Merlocation not on record
4
University Museum of Bergen, Natural History Collectionslocation not on record
4
Maurice Lamontagne Institutelocation not on record
3
Paris, FR
2
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
1
The Atlantic Reference Centre (ARC)location not on record
1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record
1
Copenhagen, DK
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Brussels, BE
1
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Eco laboratory geochemistry Benthic Environments UMR 8222 (4503) Université de Liège Underwater research and oceanographic station (4501)location not on record
1
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393)location not on record
1
CSIC-CEAB Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (1393) Phaxas Expertise Of Marine Fauna (4507)location not on record
1
Philadelphia, US
1
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
1
Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemündelocation not on record
1
Saint John, CA
1
46 institutions · 841 of 2 366 vouchered records shown · 258 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Diaphana minuta was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
9. Marine - NeriticSilt, fin sand
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median5.90 °C 2.30–8.60
Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.6 °C
Max temp (day)7.00 °C 3.50–11.6
Min temp (night)3.90 °C -0.3–6.40
Precipitation91.4 mm/mo 58.5–177
Air humidity62.1 % 60.3–62.8
Moisture balance140 mm/mo
Vapour deficit352 Pa 279–424
Wind speed5.10 m/s
Cloud cover51.7 % 49.6–63.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 878 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System2 029 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗
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