Taxon profile
species
Opalia leeana (A.E. Verrill, 1882)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » family Epitoniidae - Wentletraps » genus Opalia
ID: 1937227
pID: 308173
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2022-09-03 21:01:13 - User Václav Hanzlík
Last change: 2022-09-03 21:01:35 - User Václav Hanzlík
Data last updated: 2022-09-03 21:01:37
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1937227/
Text function: [[t:1937227;<em>Opalia leeana</em>]]
[[t:1937227;<em>Opalia leeana</em>]] (A.E. Verrill, 1882)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1937227/"><em>Opalia leeana</em></a>
pID: 308173
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2022-09-03 21:01:13 - User Václav Hanzlík
Last change: 2022-09-03 21:01:35 - User Václav Hanzlík
Data last updated: 2022-09-03 21:01:37
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1937227/
Text function: [[t:1937227;<em>Opalia leeana</em>]]
[[t:1937227;<em>Opalia leeana</em>]] (A.E. Verrill, 1882)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1937227/"><em>Opalia leeana</em></a>
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 118874
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2022-11-02 00:01:43 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1937227,textblock=118874,elang=EN;Description]]
Text ID: 118874
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2022-11-02 00:01:43 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1937227,textblock=118874,elang=EN;Description]]
A very rare species, known only from a few specimens, mostly broken. Small, about 5mm, spire at a 14-degree angle. Number of whorls not less than 4. Sculpture consists of numerous low axial ribs which do not extend below a well developed basal ridge. Ribs are occasionally thickened into varices. Spiral sculpture consists of numerous fine and evenly pitted threads. The only known specimens were found off New Jersey at a depth of 146 fathoms and off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at a depth of 63 fathoms.
Weil, A. , Brown, L. & Neville, B, 1999. The Wentletrap book - Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the world.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Opalia leeana Verrill, 1883]Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013