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Opalia (Opalia)
Taxonomy
Opalia (Opalia) was named by Adams and Adams (1858). It is extant.
It was assigned to Opalia by Adams and Adams (1858), Durham (1937), Durham (1944).
It was assigned to Opalia by Adams and Adams (1858), Durham (1937), Durham (1944).
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Subg. Opalia (Opalia) Adams and Adams 1858
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†Opalia (Opalia) bravinderi Durham 1937
†Opalia (Opalia) rugiferum Dall 1909
†Opalia (Opalia) wishkahensis Durham 1937
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. W. Durham 1937 | Shell moderate or large; rather heavy; sutures shallow; body whorl with promi-
nent basal disk and keel; only very fine spiral striations present; aperture ovate, anterior auricle present; outer lip thick, inner lip thin. Living in Arctic and Antarctic oceans, ranging into sub- tropical conditions in 53 fathoms (San Diego, Calif., Dall, 1917). |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 70.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Mexico (Guerrero) | Opalia sp. A, Opalia sp. B (7461) | |
| Danian | USA (Texas) | Opalia tehuacana (205466) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Washington) | Opalia bravinderi (205215) Opalia rugifera (39965) | |
| Chattian | USA (Washington) | Opalia bravinderi (52356 52362) | |
| Chattian | USA (California) | Epitonium rugiferum (11601) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Opalia sp. (69094) |