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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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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 RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.26 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaGulf of Oman
     Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999.  
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed SeaGulf of Aqaba
     Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999.  
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast 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.