WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Opalia australis (Lamarck, 1822)

AphiaID

524053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:524053)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Opalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Original name

Scalaria australis Lamarck, 1822

Synonymised names

Epitonium australe (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted

Scalaria australis Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Scalaria australis Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 228 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Australia

type locality contained in Australia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opalia australis (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524053 on 2025-09-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-17 14:09:53Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2014-07-18 13:57:18Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Scalaria australis Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 228 [details]

basis of record Grove, S. 2011. The Seashells of Tasmania: A Comprehensive Guide. Taroona, Australia: Taroona Publications. [vi], 81.
page(s): 40 [details]