# Elaphriella opalina

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Elaphriella opalina
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| authority = (Shikama & Hayashi, 1977) 
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* ''Archiminolia opalina'' <small>(Shikama & Hayashi, 1977)</small> superseded combination
* ''Microgaza opalina'' <small>(Shikama & Hayashi, 1977)</small> superseded combination
* ''Minolia opalina'' <small>Shikama & Hayashi, 1977</small> {{cn|date=December 2025}}
* ''Solariella (Microgaza) opalina'' <small>Shikama & Hayashi, 1977</small> (basionym)
* ''Solariella opalina'' <small>Shikama & Hayashi, 1977</small> (original combination)
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'''''Elaphriella opalina''''' is a [species](/source/species) of small [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Solariellidae](/source/Solariellidae).<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elaphriella opalina (Shikama & Hayashi, 1977). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1463211 on 2021-07-22</ref> The species was first described in 1977 by Tokio Shikama based on three specimen collected in Japan and submitted to the [Yokohama National University](/source/Yokohama_National_University) for identification.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Shikima |first=Tokio |date=1977 |title=Descriptions of new and noteworty Gastropoda from Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. |url=https://ynu.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/1637/files/KJ00004478852.pdf |journal=横浜国立大学理科紀要 |volume=9 |issue=24 |pages=9-23 |via=Yokohama National University}}</ref>

==Description==
''E. opalina'' is comparable to species of [Solariella](/source/Solariella) in its structure and appearance, but with distinctive features, such as its angulated shoulder, as well as nodulous subsutural band and [fasciole](/source/fasciole).<ref name=":0" />

The size of the shell attains 15 mm.
==Distribution==
This marine species occurs off [Japan](/source/Japan), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan) and the [Philippines](/source/Philippines).

==References==
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* Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). ''Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp

==External links==
* [http://hdl.handle.net/10131/2995 Shikama T. (1977). Descriptions of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section II (Geology). 24: 1-23, 5 pls]
* [https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz038 Williams S.T., Kano Y., Warén A. & Herbert D.G. (2020). Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a reevaluation of solariellid genera (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 86(1): 1–26]

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