MolluscaBase taxon details
Opalia spongiosa P. P. Carpenter, 1864
524088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:524088)
accepted
Species
Nodiscala spongiosa (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) · unaccepted
Opalia retiporosa P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scalaria retiporosa (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Type locality contained in United States part of the North Pacific Ocean
type locality contained in United States part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opalia spongiosa P. P. Carpenter, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524088 on 2025-09-11
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(of Opalia retiporosa 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): 613, 660 [details]
basis of record 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): 613, 660 [details]
page(s): 613, 660 [details]
basis of record 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): 613, 660 [details]




Unreviewed
Subgenus (Dentiscala) [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nodiscala spongiosa (P. P. Carpenter, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Opalia retiporosa P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opalia retiporosa Carpenter, 1864 Holotype USNM 11843) (from synonym Opalia retiporosa P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opalia spongiosa Carpenter, 1864 Holotype USNM 14830)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Opalia retiporosa P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nodiscala spongiosa (P. P. Carpenter, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Opalia retiporosa P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opalia retiporosa Carpenter, 1864 Holotype USNM 11843) (from synonym Opalia retiporosa P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opalia spongiosa Carpenter, 1864 Holotype USNM 14830)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Opalia retiporosa P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym