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

Opaliopsis Thiele, 1928

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Nystiella Clench & R. D. Turner, 1952 synonym

Children

Opaliopsis atlantis (Clench & R. D. Turner, 1952)

Literature

original description

Thiele, J. (1928). Über ptenoglosse Schnecken. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 132: 73-94.

basis of record

Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188.

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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opaliopsis Thiele, 1928. 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:137949

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2022-12-17 by Sven Nielsen

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