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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784) 
AphiaID: 590656

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGastropoda (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVetigastropoda (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus opalus (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus Montfort, 1810
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLimax opalus Martyn, 1784
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus (Cantharidus) opalus (Martyn, 1784) · accepted, alternate representation
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus iris (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus opalus cannoni Powell, 1933 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus opalus var. biangulatus Suter, 1908 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLimax opalus Martyn, 1784 (basionym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus acuminatus Perry, 1811 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus iris Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record Marshall B.A. 1998. The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Molluscan Research 19(1): 107-156 [details]

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Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus opalus cannoni Powell, 1933 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784)
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus opalus var. biangulatus Suter, 1908 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784)
Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
Distribution 
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New Zealand
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNew Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAuthority Use of name from Martyn (1784) validated by ICZN Opinion 479. [details]
ImagesChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Cantharidus opalus
Cantharidus opalus
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.138236; Limax opalus Martyn, 1784; Trochus iris Gmelin, 1791; Trochus acuminatus Perry, 1811, neotype)
To Museum of New Zeala...
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:590656
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2011-12-12 16:39:41Z  created  Rosenberg, Gary
2013-01-21 18:39:16Z  changed  Marshall, Bruce
2015-01-16 10:00:55Z  changed  Marshall, Bruce
  
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  Citation: Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590656 on 2017-08-18
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