MolluscaBase name details
Opalia borealis (A. Gould, 1852)
524759 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:524759)
unaccepted > junior homonym (not Scalaria borealis Lyell, 1841)
Species
- Subspecies Opalia borealis chacei A. M. Strong, 1937 accepted as Opalia wroblewskyi (Mörch, 1875) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scalaria borealis A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 207. [details]
page(s): 207. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opalia borealis (A. Gould, 1852). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524759 on 2025-09-12
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(of Scalaria borealis A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 207. [details]
page(s): 207. [details]
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Authority This name was attributed to Keep (1881) by DuShane (1979) who considered Gould's name to be nude. [details]
