Opalia zelandica
| Opalia zelandica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Family: | Epitoniidae
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| Species: | O. zelandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Opalia zelandica (Finlay, 1930)
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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[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Epitoniidae
- Gastropods of New Zealand
- Gastropods described in 1930
- Hypsogastropoda stubs