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| Elaphriella opalina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
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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]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.
References
[edit]- ↑ 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
- 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.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp
External links
[edit]- Shikama T. (1977). Descriptions of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section II (Geology). 24: 1-23, 5 pls
- Williams S.T., Kano Y., Warén A. & Herbert D.G. (2020). Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a reevaluation of solariellid genera (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 86(1): 1–26