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Opalia borealis (boreal wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scalaria borealis was named by Gould (1852). It is extant.

It was replaced with Scala wroblewskyi by Mörch (1876); it was recombined as Opalia borealis by Arnold (1903), DuShane (1979), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. pumilio

Synonyms
  • Scala wroblewskyi was named by Mörch (1876). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Epitonium (Opalia) wroblewskii by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Opalia (Opalia) wroblewskyi by Durham (1937); it was recombined as Opalia wroblewskyi by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Opalia borealis by Hendy (2020).
  • Opalia chacei was named by Strong (1937). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Epitonium (Opalia) chacei by Valentine (1958); it was recombined as Opalia wroblewskyi chacei by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Opalia borealis by DuShane (1979), Hendy (2020).
  • Scalaria (Psychrosoma) gouldii was named by Tapparone-Canefri (1876). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Opalia borealis by Hendy (2020).
  • Scalaria wroblewskyi was named by Mörch (1875).

    It was recombined as Epitonium (Opalia) wroblewskyi by Willett (1937); it was synonymized subjectively with Opalia borealis by DuShane (1979).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Scalaria borealis Gould p. 207
1875Scalaria wroblewskyi Mörch p. 251
1876Scala wroblewskyi Mörch p. 190
1876Scalaria (Psychrosoma) gouldii Tapparone-Canefri p. 154
1881Scalaria borealis Keep
1903Opalia borealis Arnold p. 266
1925Epitonium (Opalia) wroblewskii Oldroyd p. 13
1937Opalia (Opalia) wroblewskyi Durham p. 501
1937Opalia chacei Strong p. 5 figs. pl. 2, fig. 9
1937Epitonium (Opalia) wroblewskyi Willett p. 401
1958Epitonium (Opalia) chacei Valentine
1959Opalia wroblewskyi Kanakoff and Emerson p. 29
1959Opalia wroblewskyi chacei Kanakoff and Emerson p. 29
1979Opalia borealis DuShane p. 121 figs. Figures 60, 61
2021Opalia borealis Hendy

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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
speciesborealis(Gould 1852)

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.

Opalia borealis Gould 1852 [boreal wentletrap]
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Invalid names: Opalia chacei Strong 1937 [synonym], Scala wroblewskyi Mörch 1876 [synonym], Scalaria (Psychrosoma) gouldii Tapparone-Canefri 1876 [synonym], Scalaria wroblewskyi Mörch 1875 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Kiessling 2004, Beu et al. 1990

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Epitonium gouldi (200398)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Opalia chacei (96592)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Opalia wroblewskyi (37933 37940)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Epitonium chacei (203113) Epitonium wroblewskii (138723) Opalia chacei (203114)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Opalia chacei (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Opalia wroblewskyi (52347 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) Scalaria borealis (227046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Epitonium wroblewskyi (59063) Opalia borealis (222660) Opalia wroblewskyi (160361 219029 240650)