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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)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus Montfort, 1810
Synonymised
names		  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)
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
Distribution 
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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNew Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) 
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]
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Cantharidus opalus
Cantharidus opalus
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
  
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  Citation: Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590656 on 2014-04-19
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