Opalia (gastropod)
# Opalia (gastropod)

Opalia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.

## Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with a valid name are included within the genus Opalia :

* Opalia abbotti Clench & Turner, 1952 (after R. Tucker Abbott)
* Opalia aglaia (Bartsch, 1915) (synonym of Gibbula agalia Bartsch, 1915)
* Opalia ahiparana (A. W. B. Powell, 1930)
* Opalia alba (de Boury, 1911)
* Opalia apostolorum (Iredale, 1936)
* Opalia attenuata (Pease, 1860)
* Opalia aurifila (Dall, 1889)
* Opalia australis (Lamarck, 1822)
* Opalia bairdii (E.A. Smith, 1872)
* Opalia ballinensis (E. A. Smith, 1891)
* Opalia bardeyi (Jousseaume, 1912)
* † Opalia basicarinata Lozouet, 1999
* Opalia bicarinata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
* † Opalia billaudeli (Mayer, 1864)
* Opalia burchorum DuShane, 1988
* Opalia burryi Clench & Turner, 1950
* Opalia calyx Nakayama, 2012
* Opalia candida T. Cossignani, 2020
* Opalia colimana Hertlein & Strong, 1951
* Opalia corolla (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* Opalia coronata (Philippi, 1844)
* Opalia crassilabrum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1844)
* Opalia crenata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Opalia crenatoides Carpenter, 1864
* Opalia crystallina (Carpenter, 1864)
* Opalia diadema (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* Opalia dushaneae Garcia, 2004
* Opalia eolis Clench & Turner, 1950
* Opalia exopleura (Dall, 1917)
* Opalia felderi Garcia, 2004
* † Opalia flemingi Beu, 2011
* Opalia fortunata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* Opalia funiculata (Carpenter, 1857)
* Opalia gaini Lamy, 1922
* Opalia garciai Kilburn, 1994
* Opalia gereti (de Boury, 1913)
* Opalia granosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* Opalia granulosa de Boury, 1909
* Opalia gruveli (de Boury) (temporary name)
* Opalia hellenica (Forbes, 1844)
* Opalia hidryma (Melvill, 1899)
* Opalia hotessieriana (d’Orbigny, 1842)
* Opalia infrequens (C. B. Adams, 1852)
* † Opalia komitica (Laws, 1944)
* Opalia japonica (Okutani, 1964)
* Opalia koskinum (Hedley, 1909)
* Opalia leeana (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
* Opalia levis Nakayama, 2010
* Opalia longissima Garcia, 2004
* Opalia lorenzi T. Cossignani, 2020
* † Opalia mackayi P. A. Maxwell, 1992
* Opalia mammosa (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* Opalia martis (Thiele, 1925)
* Opalia matajiroi (Kuroda, 1954)
* Opalia mauritanica Talavera, 1975
* Opalia megalodon Garcia, 2004
* Opalia methoria Kilburn, 1985
* Opalia mexicana Dall, 1908
* Opalia minervae (Thiele, 1925)
* Opalia monovaricosa (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
* Opalia montereyensis (Dall, 1907)
* Opalia morchiana (Dall, 1889)
* Opalia mormulaeformis (Masahito, Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
* Opalia neocaledonica Garcia, 2004
* † Opalia nympha (Hutton, 1885)
* Opalia pacoi Engl, 2002
* Opalia paucisculpta Bozzetti, 2007
* Opalia paulula DuShane, 1974
* † Opalia peyrerensis Lozouet, 1999
* Opalia pseudoescalaris (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
* Opalia pumilio (Libassi, 1859)
* Opalia punctata (Thiele, 1925)
* Opalia pupipunctata (de Boury, 1911)
* Opalia revizee Lima & Christoffersen, 2014
* Opalia sanjuanensis (Lowe, 1932)
* Opalia soror (Odhner, 1919)
* Opalia spongiosa Carpenter, 1866
* Opalia subcrassa (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
* Opalia sumatrensis (Thiele, 1925)
* † Opalia tenuispiralis (P. Marshall, 1919)
* Opalia texta (E. A. Smith, 1903)
* Opalia thorsenae Garcia, 2004
* Opalia tortipunctata Weil, L. Brown & Neville, 1999
* Opalia turnerae Garcia, 2004
* Opalia velumnuptialis Garcia, 2004
* † Opalia waikakahiensis (P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
* Opalia wareni Garcia, 2004
* Opalia wroblewskyi (Mörch, 1875)
* Opalia zelandica Finlay, 1930

### Species brought into synonymy

* Opalia andrewsii (A. E. Verrill, 1882): synonym of Cylindriscala andrewsii (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
* Opalia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907): synonym of Acirsa antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907)
* Opalia barbadensis (de Boury, 1913): synonym of Opalia pumilio var. morchiana (Dall, 1889): synonym of Opalia morchiana (Dall, 1889)
* Opalia borealis Keep, 1881: synonym of Opalia wroblewskyi (Mörch, 1875)
* Opalia bullata Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Opalia infrequens (C. B. Adams, 1852)
* Opalia cerigottana Sturany, 1896: synonym of Punctiscala cerigottana (Sturany, 1896)
* Opalia chacei Strong, 1937: synonym of Opalia wroblewskyi (Mörch, 1875)
* Opalia consors (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864): synonym of Gyroscala lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822)
* Opalia coronata (Scacchi, 1844): synonym of Opalia hellenica (Forbes, 1844)
* Opalia corsicana Nordsieck, 1974: synonym of Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835)
* Opalia crenulata (Kiener, 1839): synonym of Opalia crenata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Opalia dromio Dall, 1927: synonym of Opaliopsis opalina (Dall, 1927)
* Opalia espirita (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930): synonym of Opalia crystallina (Carpenter, 1864)
* Opalia evicta (de Boury, 1919): synonym of Opalia montereyensis (Dall, 1907)
* Opalia fregata (Iredale, 1936): synonym of Cirsotrema fregata (Iredale, 1936)
* Opalia fusoides (Jousseaume, 1912): synonym of Opalia bicarinata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
* Opalia fusticulus Gaglini, 1992: synonym of Opalia abbotti Clench & Turner, 1952
* Opalia gracilis (Masahito, Kuroda & Habe, 1971): synonym of Opalia bicarinata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
* Opalia grossicostata (Nyst, 1871): synonym of Opalia hotessieriana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
* Opalia humerosa (Schepman, 1909): synonym of Cylindriscala humerosa (Schepman, 1909)
* Opalia insculpta Carpenter, 1865: synonym of Opalia crenatoides Carpenter, 1864
* Opalia japonica (Okutani, 1964): synonym of Papuliscala japonica (Okutani, 1964)
* Opalia linteata (Schwengel, 1943): synonym of Opalia pumilio (Mörch, 1875)
* Opalia magellanica (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Epitonium magellanicum (Philippi, 1845)
* Opalia maxwelli (Finlay, 1930): synonym of Funiscala maxwelli Finlay, 1930
* Opalia mazatlanica Dall, 1908: synonym of Opalia infrequens (C. B. Adams, 1852)
* Opalia nicolayi Nordsieck, 1974: synonym of Opalia abbotti Clench & Turner, 1952
* Opalia nodosocarinata (Dall, 1889): synonym of Opalia pumilio (Mörch, 1875)
* † Opalia plicosa (Philippi, 1844) : synonym of † Punctiscala plicosa (Philippi, 1844)
* Opalia pluricostata Dall, 1917: synonym of Opalia montereyensis (Dall, 1907)
* Opalia retiporosa (Carpenter, 1866): synonym of Opalia spongiosa Carpenter, 1864
* Opalia revizee Lima, Christoffersen, Barros & Folly, 2012: synonym of Opalia revizee Lima & Christoffersen, 2014
* Opalia terebralioides Kilburn, 1975: synonym of Claviscala terebralioides (Kilburn, 1975)
* Opalia tortilis (Watson, 1883): synonym of Cylindriscala tortilis (Watson, 1883)
* Opalia torulosa (Brocchi, 1814): synonym of Claviscala richardi (Dautzenberg & de Boury, 1897)
* Opalia tremperi Bartsch, 1927: synonym of Opalia infrequens (C. B. Adams, 1852)
* Opalia valida (Verco, 1906): synonym of Cirsotrema validum (Verco, 1906)
