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

Opalia abbotti Clench & R. D. Turner, 1952

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Opalia cerigottana nicolayi*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	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. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opalia abbotti Clench & R. D. Turner, 1952. 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:139749