Opalia ahiparana

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

Opalia ahiparana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
Family:
Epitoniidae
Genus:
Opalia
Species:
O. ahiparana
Binomial name
Opalia ahiparana
Powell, 1930
Synonyms
  • Nodiscala ahiparana (Powell, 1930)
  • Pliciscala ahiparana Powell, 1930 (original combination)

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Opalia ahiparana. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524049 on 2014-12-01
  • Powell A.W.B. (1930) New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water dredgings. Part 1. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 60: 532-543. page(s): 541
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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