MolluscaBase taxon details
Volvulella opalina (A. Adams, 1862)
736615 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:736615)
accepted
Species
Rhizorus opalinus (A. Adams, 1862) · unaccepted
Volvula opalina A. Adams, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Volvula opalina A. Adams, 1862) Adams, A. (1862). On some new species of Cylichnidae, Bullidae and Philinidae from the Seas of China and Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 9: 150-161., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22219604
page(s): 154. [details]
page(s): 154. [details]
Type locality contained in Sea of Japan/East Sea
type locality contained in Sea of Japan/East Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volvulella opalina (A. Adams, 1862). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736615 on 2025-09-11
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(of Volvula opalina A. Adams, 1862) Adams, A. (1862). On some new species of Cylichnidae, Bullidae and Philinidae from the Seas of China and Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 9: 150-161., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22219604
page(s): 154. [details]
basis of record Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 196: 587-792. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Harry, H. W. (1967). A review of the living tectibranch snails of the genus <i>Volvulella</i>, with descriptions of a new subgenus and species from Texas. <em>Veliger.</em> 10(2): 133-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42413856
page(s): 145 [details]
page(s): 154. [details]
basis of record Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 196: 587-792. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Harry, H. W. (1967). A review of the living tectibranch snails of the genus <i>Volvulella</i>, with descriptions of a new subgenus and species from Texas. <em>Veliger.</em> 10(2): 133-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42413856
page(s): 145 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
