Nodiscala is a taxonomic genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.

Nodiscala
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clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa
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Nodiscala

Boury, 1890
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This genus has become a synonym of Opalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Nodiscala include:

  • Nodiscala ahiparana (Powell, 1930): synonym of Opalia ahiparana (Powell, 1930)
  • Nodiscala attenuata (Pease, 1861): synonym of Opalia bicarinata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
  • Nodiscala bicarinata (Sowerby II, 1844-a): synonym of Opalia bicarinata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
  • Nodiscala gracilis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda et al., 1971: synonym of Opalia bicarinata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
  • Nodiscala japonica Okutani, 1964: synonym of Opalia japonica (Okutani, 1964)
  • Nodiscala matajiroi Kuroda, 1954: synonym of Opalia matajiroi (Kuroda, 1954)
  • Nodiscala monovaricosa Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961-a: synonym of Opalia monovaricosa (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
  • Nodiscala mormulaeformis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda et al., 1971: synonym of Opalia mormulaeformis (Masahito, Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
  • Nodiscala spongiosa (Carpenter, 1864) - spongy wentletrap : synonym of Opalia spongiosa Carpenter, 1864
  • Nodiscala zelandica Finlay, 1930: synonym of Opalia zelandica (Finlay, 1930)

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS (2014). Nodiscala de Boury, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=519425 on 2014-12-01
  • "Nodiscala". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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