RAS taxon details
Opalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
137948 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137948)
accepted
Genus
- Species Opalia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907) accepted as Acirsa antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of ) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 222. [details]
page(s): Vol. 1: 222. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137948 on 2025-09-15
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Opalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137948 on 2025-09-15
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original description
(of ) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 222. [details]
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
subsequent type designation Boury E. de (1886) Monographie des Scalidae vivants et fossiles. Partie I: Sous genre <i>Crisposcala</i>. Paris, Comptoir Géologique de Paris, pp. i-xlv, 1-52, pl. 1-6. , available online at https://archive.org/details/monographiedess00bourgoog
page(s): xxv [details]
page(s): Vol. 1: 222. [details]
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
subsequent type designation Boury E. de (1886) Monographie des Scalidae vivants et fossiles. Partie I: Sous genre <i>Crisposcala</i>. Paris, Comptoir Géologique de Paris, pp. i-xlv, 1-52, pl. 1-6. , available online at https://archive.org/details/monographiedess00bourgoog
page(s): xxv [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
