North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Opalia coronata (R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840)

Opalia hellenica (Forbes, 1844)
Specimen from isla de Albor (col. gel Luque) (actual size 6.2 mm).

AphiaID

524763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:524763)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Opalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Original name

Rissoa coronata R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840

Synonymised names

Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) corsicana F. Nordsieck, 1974 · unaccepted (synonym)

Opalia hellenica (Forbes, 1844) · unaccepted

Rissoa coronata R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Scalaria hellenica Forbes, 1844 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Rissoa coronata R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840) Philippi, R. A. (1840). Lettera del Sig. Rodolfo A. Philippi da Berlino Professore di Zoologia alla Scuola Politecnica di Cassel - Al Dottor di Medicina Andrea Aradas da Catania. Giornale del Gabinetto Letterario dell'Accademia Gioenia. 5(5): 67-70. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opalia coronata (R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524763 on 2026-07-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Opalia coronata (R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=524763 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-17 15:15:20Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2015-05-17 18:10:35Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-12-04 10:07:56Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2023-02-28 12:49:09Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description (of Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) corsicana F. Nordsieck, 1974) Nordsieck, F. (1974). Molluschi dei fondali della platea continentale fra la Corsica e la Sardegna. La Conchiglia. 61: 11-14. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Rissoa coronata R. A. Philippi & Scacchi, 1840) Philippi, R. A. (1840). Lettera del Sig. Rodolfo A. Philippi da Berlino Professore di Zoologia alla Scuola Politecnica di Cassel - Al Dottor di Medicina Andrea Aradas da Catania. Giornale del Gabinetto Letterario dell'Accademia Gioenia. 5(5): 67-70. [details]

original description (of Scalaria hellenica Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843. 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 189 [details]