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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Opalia (Genus)
> maxwelli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Opalia (Nodiscala) de Boury, 1890
=Pliciscala (Nodiscala) de Boury, 1890
=Scala (Nodiscala) de Boury, 1890
Synonymised Names:
=Funiscala maxwelli Finlay, 1930
Images: Opalia maxwelli (Finlay, 1930)
Holotype, collected in 91 metres, ENE of Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70330). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Opalia (Genus)
> maxwelli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Opalia (Nodiscala) de Boury, 1890
=Pliciscala (Nodiscala) de Boury, 1890
=Scala (Nodiscala) de Boury, 1890
Synonymised Names:
=Funiscala maxwelli Finlay, 1930
Details: Opalia maxwelli (Finlay, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.5mm, Width 2.5mm
Distribution:
Off Taiaroa Head, Otago
Geographical Range:
F
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.252)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.233) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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