North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Opalia fusticulus Gaglini, 1992

AphiaID

524771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:524771)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Opalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Original name

Opalia fusticulus Gaglini, 1992

Environment

marine

Original description

Gaglini A. (1992). Terze spigolature... Monterosatiane. Argonauta 7(1-6): 125-180
page(s): 134, 149 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Note Palermo, Sicily

Type locality Palermo, Sicily [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opalia fusticulus Gaglini, 1992. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524771 on 2026-08-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Opalia fusticulus Gaglini, 1992. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=524771 on 2026-08-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-17 15:15:20Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2014-01-31 07:34:01Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-09-02 20:06:49Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2024-08-02 13:43:18Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

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original description Gaglini A. (1992). Terze spigolature... Monterosatiane. Argonauta 7(1-6): 125-180
page(s): 134, 149 [details] Available for editors

additional source Nappo, A.; Cilia, D. P.; Cardona, S. (2024). Additions to the marine mollusc fauna of the Maltese Archipelago, with observations on the nomenclature and biogeography of rare or poorly known Central Mediterranean species. Bollettino Malacologico. 60(1): 46-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.53559/bollmalacol.2023.16
page(s): 52-53; note: treated as valid species, distinct from Opalia abbotti [details] Available for editors

From editor or global species database

Type locality Palermo, Sicily [details]

Definitions

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