Elaphriella opalina

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Elaphriella opalina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Elaphriella
Species:
E. opalina
Binomial name
Elaphriella opalina
(Shikama & Hayashi, 1977)
Synonyms
  • Archiminolia opalina(Shikama & Hayashi, 1977) superseded combination
  • Microgaza opalina(Shikama & Hayashi, 1977) superseded combination
  • Minolia opalinaShikama & Hayashi, 1977[ citation needed ]
  • Solariella (Microgaza) opalinaShikama & Hayashi, 1977 (basionym)
  • Solariella opalinaShikama & Hayashi, 1977 (original combination)

Elaphriella opalina is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae. [1] The species was first described in 1977 by Tokio Shikama based on three specimen collected in Japan and submitted to the Yokohama National University for identification. [2]

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Description

E. opalina is comparable to species of Solariella in its structure and appearance, but with distinctive features, such as its angulated shoulder, as well as nodulous subsutural band and fasciole. [2]

The size of the shell attains 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elaphriella opalina (Shikama & Hayashi, 1977). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1463211 on 2021-07-22
  2. 1 2 Shikima, Tokio (1977). "Descriptions of new and noteworty Gastropoda from Western Pacific and Indian Oceans" (PDF). 横浜国立大学理科紀要. 9 (24): 9–23 – via Yokohama National University.


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