Opalia zelandica

Opalia zelandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
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
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • 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.


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