Opalia zelandica

Opalia zelandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Opalia
Species: O. zelandica
Binomial name
Opalia zelandica
(Finlay, 1930)
Synonyms

Nodiscala zelandica Finlay, 1930 (original combination)

Opalia zelandica is a species of very small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps. [1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Opalia zelandica (Finlay, 1930). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524092 on 2014-12-01


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