title: Opalia (gastropod)
text: # 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)
  