OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Epitoniidae
Opalia (Pliciscala) mammosa (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Opalia (Pliciscala) mammosa (Melvill & Standen), 1903
Scala (Cisrotrema) mammosa Melvill & Standen, 1903
Opalia mammosa (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Scalaria (Nodiscala) alba de Boury, 1911
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.26
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Gulf of Oman
Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999.
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba
Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999.
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
Garcia, E. F. 2004. p.6
Keywords
depth: continental slope Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1903. p.349
depth: mesopelagic Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1903. p.349
salinity: marine Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1903.
References
Garcia, E. F. 2004. p.6 [ Garcia (2004) reports the ocurrence of Opalia alba (de Boury, 1911) in Reunion and Madagascar and does not put it as a synonym of Opalia mammos a as Weil (1999).
] General reference
Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1903. p.349 General reference
Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999. p.78, 79; fig 229, 230 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Ptenoglossa
Epitonioidea
Epitoniidae
Opalia H. & A. Adams, 1853
Opalia (Pliciscala)
Opalia (Pliciscala) mammosa (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=44729) created by Sarah Watson on 2001-04-16. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-06-08.