Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda > Superfamily Epitonioidea > Family Epitoniidae > Genus Opalia

Opalia abbotti Clench & Turner, 1952

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Opalia*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Opalia cerigottana nicolayi*	Nordsieck, 1974	synonym
*Opalia fusticulus*	Gaglini, 1992	synonym

Literature

original description	Clench W. J. & Turner R. D. (1952). The genera Epitonium (part 2), Depressiscala, Cylindriscala, Nystiella and Solutiscala in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia, 2(31): 289-356
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Opalia abbotti. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139749