Species Opalia koskinum (Hedley, 1909)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Epitonium koskinum Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [443, pl. 40, fig. 59-60].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AMSA C27375, Hope Islands, Queensland, Australia, 9–18 m (5–10 fathoms).

Generic Combinations

• Opalia koskinum (Hedley, 1909). —
  Brown, L.G. & Neville, B.D. 2015. Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa 3907(1): 1-188 [92]
• Opalia (Nodiscala) koskinum (Hedley, 1909). —
  Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999. The Wentletrap Book (Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the world). Rome : Evolver 244 pp. [138]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

9-18 m

General References

Kaicher, S.D. 1981. Card Catalogue of World-wide Shells #30. Epitoniidae, Part II. Cards (i-ii). Published by the author, Sally Diana Kaicher, St. Petersburg, Florida. + 3028–3133 pp. [3054]

Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999. The Wentletrap Book (Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the world). Rome : Evolver 244 pp. [138]

WoRMS 2010. Opalia koskinum (Hedley, 1909). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524073 (Accessed on 2015-09-10)

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