MolluscaBase taxon details
Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784)
590656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:590656)
accepted
Species
Cantharidus (Cantharidus) opalus (Martyn, 1784) · alternative representation
Cantharidus iris (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Cantharidus opalus cannoni A. W. B. Powell, 1933 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Cantharidus opalus var. biangulatus Suter, 1908 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Limax opalus Martyn, 1784 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Trochus acuminatus Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Trochus iris Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
- Subspecies Cantharidus opalus cannoni A. W. B. Powell, 1933 accepted as Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784) (junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cantharidus opalus var. biangulatus Suter, 1908 accepted as Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784) (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Limax opalus Martyn, 1784) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784). Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590656 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Trochus iris Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3580 [details]
original description (of Limax opalus Martyn, 1784) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680 [details]
original description (of Cantharidus opalus cannoni A. W. B. Powell, 1933) Powell, A. W. B. (1933). The marine Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 1: 181-208., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60406360
page(s): 194 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cantharidus opalus var. biangulatus Suter, 1908) Suter H. (1908). Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 22-42, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058169
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Trochus acuminatus Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 47, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Marshall, B. A. (1998). The New Zealand Recent species of <i>Cantharidus</i> Montfort, 1810 and <i>Micrelenchus</i> Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 19 (1): 107-156. [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 3580 [details]
original description (of Limax opalus Martyn, 1784) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680 [details]
original description (of Cantharidus opalus cannoni A. W. B. Powell, 1933) Powell, A. W. B. (1933). The marine Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 1: 181-208., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60406360
page(s): 194 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cantharidus opalus var. biangulatus Suter, 1908) Suter H. (1908). Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 22-42, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058169
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Trochus acuminatus Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 47, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Marshall, B. A. (1998). The New Zealand Recent species of <i>Cantharidus</i> Montfort, 1810 and <i>Micrelenchus</i> Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 19 (1): 107-156. [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority Use of name from Martyn (1784) validated by ICZN Opinion 479. [details]
To Malacopics (Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784) New Zealand, Marlborough, Awatere Co., Marfell Beach, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.138236; Limax opalus Martyn, 1784; Trochus iris Gmelin, 1791; Trochus acuminatus Perry, 1811, neotype) (from synonym Limax opalus Martyn, 1784)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.138236; Limax opalus Martyn, 1784; Trochus iris Gmelin, 1791; Trochus acuminatus Perry, 1811, neotype) (from synonym Limax opalus Martyn, 1784)
