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Opalia (Opalia) wishkahensis

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Opalia (Opalia) wishkahensis Durham p. 502 figs. Plate 56, figure 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusOpaliaAdams and Adams 1853
subgenusOpaliaAdams and Adams 1858
specieswishkahensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. W. Durham 1937Shell medium, moderately heavy; whorls rather convex in outline; sutures
deep for Opalia; oldest whorls of spire broken, probably about eight; orna- mented by 15 or 16 moderately promi- nent rounded varices with interspaces of equal width, continuous from whorl to whorl; body whorl with a prominent basal keel which is usually barely visible in sutures of the preceding whorls.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-02-05 23:13:43
Modified: 2011-09-22 17:20:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available