Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Epitonioidea > Family Epitoniidae

Opalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scala (Dentiscala)*	de Boury, 1886	synonym
*Scala (Opalia)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym

Children

Opalia abbotti Clench & R. D. Turner, 1952
Opalia coronata (R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840)
Opalia crenata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Opalia fortunata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Opalia fusticulus Gaglini, 1992
Opalia mauritanica Talavera, 1975
Opalia pacoi Engl, 2002

Literature

additional source	Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1): 239-337.
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.
subsequent type designation	Boury E. de (1886) Monographie des Scalidae vivants et fossiles. Partie I: Sous genre Crisposcala. Paris, Comptoir Géologique de Paris, pp. i-xlv, 1-52, pl. 1-6.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137948