WoRMS taxon details
Opalia infrequens (C. B. Adams, 1852)
524071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:524071)
accepted
Species
Dentiscala mazatlanica (Dall, 1908) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Epitonium (Nodiscala) ordenanum H. N. Lowe, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Epitonium ordenanum H. N. Lowe, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nodiscala mazatlanica (Dall, 1908) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nodiscala tremperi (Bartsch, 1927) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Opalia (Dentiscala) mazatlanica Dall, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Opalia bullata P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Opalia mazatlanica Dall, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Opalia tremperi Bartsch, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rissoa infrequens C. B. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Scalaria (Psychrosoma) crosseana Tapparone Canefri, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scalaria crosseana Tapparone Canefri, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Rissoa infrequens C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 403, 538 [details]
page(s): 403, 538 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opalia infrequens (C. B. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524071 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Opalia bullata P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 660 [details]
original description (of Opalia tremperi Bartsch, 1927) Bartsch, P. (1927). New west American marine mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 70(11): 1-36, plates 1-6 [= No. 2660]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670181 [details]
original description (of Rissoa infrequens C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 403, 538 [details]
original description (of Epitonium (Nodiscala) ordenanum H. N. Lowe, 1932) Lowe, H. N. (1932). On four new species of <i>Epitonium</i> from western Central America. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 45(4): 113-115, pl. 9, figs. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527948
page(s): 114, pl. 9, figs. 3, 3a [details]
original description (of Scalaria (Psychrosoma) crosseana Tapparone Canefri, 1876) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1876). Rectifications dans la nomenclature de quelques espèces du genre <i>Scalaria</i>. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 24(2): 152-156. [19 May 1876]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16071459
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Opalia (Dentiscala) mazatlanica Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Descriptions of new species of mollusks from the Pacific Coast of the United States, with notes on other mollusks from the same region. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 34: 245-257., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15708734
page(s): 250 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 660 [details]
original description (of Opalia tremperi Bartsch, 1927) Bartsch, P. (1927). New west American marine mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 70(11): 1-36, plates 1-6 [= No. 2660]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670181 [details]
original description (of Rissoa infrequens C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 403, 538 [details]
original description (of Epitonium (Nodiscala) ordenanum H. N. Lowe, 1932) Lowe, H. N. (1932). On four new species of <i>Epitonium</i> from western Central America. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 45(4): 113-115, pl. 9, figs. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527948
page(s): 114, pl. 9, figs. 3, 3a [details]
original description (of Scalaria (Psychrosoma) crosseana Tapparone Canefri, 1876) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1876). Rectifications dans la nomenclature de quelques espèces du genre <i>Scalaria</i>. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 24(2): 152-156. [19 May 1876]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16071459
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Opalia (Dentiscala) mazatlanica Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Descriptions of new species of mollusks from the Pacific Coast of the United States, with notes on other mollusks from the same region. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 34: 245-257., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15708734
page(s): 250 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 89 [details]





Unreviewed
Subgenus (Nodiscala) [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Epitonium ordenanum. Lowe, 1932. Nautilus 45: 114, pl. 9, figs. 3, 3a - catalog no. 157988) (from synonym Epitonium ordenanum H. N. Lowe, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epitonium ordenanum H. N. Lowe, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Opalia bullata P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Opalia mazatlanica Dall, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Opalia tremperi Bartsch, 1927)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opalia (Dentiscala) mazatlanica Dall, 1909 Holotype USNM 168669) (from synonym Opalia mazatlanica Dall, 1908)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Opalia tremperi Bartsch, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Opalia mazatlanica Dall, 1908)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epitonium ordenanum H. N. Lowe, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Opalia bullata P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Opalia mazatlanica Dall, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Opalia tremperi Bartsch, 1927)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opalia (Dentiscala) mazatlanica Dall, 1909 Holotype USNM 168669) (from synonym Opalia mazatlanica Dall, 1908)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Opalia tremperi Bartsch, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Opalia mazatlanica Dall, 1908)
To ITIS