WoRMS taxon details
Opalia pumilio (Mörch, 1875)
224843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224843)
accepted
Species
Epitonium (Cirsotrema) linteatum Schwengel, 1943 · unaccepted (original combination; junior synonym)
Epitonium linteatum Schwengel, 1943 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Nodiscala dunkeri de Boury, 1890 † · unaccepted
Nodiscala semivaricosa de Boury, 1889 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Opalia hellenica f. nodosocarinata (Dall, 1889) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Opalia linteata (Schwengel, 1943) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Opalia nodosocarinata (Dall, 1889) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rissoina mayori Dall, 1927 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym)
Scala (Dentiscala) hellenica var. nodosocarinata Dall, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scala (Opalia) subvaricosa Mörch, 1875 · unaccepted (homonym and synonym)
Scala nodosocarinata Dall, 1889 · unaccepted
Scala subvaricosa Mörch, 1875 · unaccepted (preoccupied by Scala subvaricosa...)
preoccupied by Scala subvaricosa Cantraine, 1842
Scala subvaricosa var. pumilio Mörch, 1875 · unaccepted
Scalaria (Nodiscala) dunkeri de Boury, 1890 † · unaccepted
- Variety Opalia pumilio var. moerchiana (Dall, 1889) accepted as Opalia moerchiana (Dall, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
(of Scala subvaricosa var. pumilio Mörch, 1875) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis familiæ Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 1874 (17): 250-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853322
page(s): 268 [details]
page(s): 268 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opalia pumilio (Mörch, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224843 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nodiscala semivaricosa de Boury, 1889) Boury, E. de. (1890). Révision des Scalidae miocènes et pliocènes de l'Italie. <em>Bullettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana.</em> 14: 161-326, pl. 4. [published 22 January 1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39282460 [details]
original description (of Scala subvaricosa var. pumilio Mörch, 1875) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis familiæ Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 1874 (17): 250-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853322
page(s): 268 [details]
original description (of Scala (Dentiscala) hellenica var. nodosocarinata Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 321 [details]
original description (of Epitonium (Cirsotrema) linteatum Schwengel, 1943) Schwengel, J. S. (1943). New marine shells from Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 56(3): 75-78, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520096#page/97/
page(s): 77-78, pl. 7, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Scala (Opalia) subvaricosa Mörch, 1875) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis familiæ Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 1874 (17): 250-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853322
page(s): 267 [details]
original description (of Scalaria (Nodiscala) dunkeri de Boury, 1890 †) Boury, E. de. (1890). Révision des Scalidae miocènes et pliocènes de l'Italie. <em>Bullettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana.</em> 14: 161-326, pl. 4. [published 22 January 1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39282460
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Rissoina mayori Dall, 1927) Dall, W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 70(2667): 1-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670453 [details]
basis of record Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Scala subvaricosa var. pumilio Mörch, 1875) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis familiæ Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 1874 (17): 250-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853322
page(s): 268 [details]
original description (of Scala (Dentiscala) hellenica var. nodosocarinata Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 321 [details]
original description (of Epitonium (Cirsotrema) linteatum Schwengel, 1943) Schwengel, J. S. (1943). New marine shells from Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 56(3): 75-78, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520096#page/97/
page(s): 77-78, pl. 7, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Scala (Opalia) subvaricosa Mörch, 1875) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis familiæ Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 1874 (17): 250-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853322
page(s): 267 [details]
original description (of Scalaria (Nodiscala) dunkeri de Boury, 1890 †) Boury, E. de. (1890). Révision des Scalidae miocènes et pliocènes de l'Italie. <em>Bullettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana.</em> 14: 161-326, pl. 4. [published 22 January 1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39282460
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Rissoina mayori Dall, 1927) Dall, W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 70(2667): 1-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670453 [details]
basis of record Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority Rolán (2005) attributed the name to Libassi (1859), but Libassi named Scalaria pumila, which is a synonym of Epitonium celesti, not Scala pumilio. [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Epitonium linteatum. Schwengel, 1943. Nautilus 56: 77-78, pl. 7, fig. 6 - catalog no. 178787) (from synonym Epitonium (Cirsotrema) linteatum Schwengel, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opalia nodosocarinata (Dall, 1889))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rissoina mayori Dall, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Opalia pumilio)
To Conchology (Opalia pumilio)
To Conchology (Opalia pumilio)
To Malacopics (Opalia pumilio (Mörch, 1875) Suriname, Guyana Shelf, OCPS II Expedition, Sta. I 122,...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 108371 Syntype Shell plate) (from synonym Rissoina mayori Dall, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Rissoina mayori Dall, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opalia nodosocarinata (Dall, 1889))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rissoina mayori Dall, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Opalia pumilio)
To Conchology (Opalia pumilio)
To Conchology (Opalia pumilio)
To Malacopics (Opalia pumilio (Mörch, 1875) Suriname, Guyana Shelf, OCPS II Expedition, Sta. I 122,...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 108371 Syntype Shell plate) (from synonym Rissoina mayori Dall, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Rissoina mayori Dall, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
