Elaphriella opalina

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Elaphriella opalina | image = | image_caption = | authority = (Shikama & Hayashi, 1977) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * ''Archiminolia opalina'' (Shikama & Hayashi, 1977) superseded combination * ''Microgaza opalina'' (Shikama & Hayashi, 1977) superseded combination * ''Minolia opalina'' Shikama & Hayashi, 1977 {{cn|date=December 2025}} * ''Solariella (Microgaza) opalina'' Shikama & Hayashi, 1977 (basionym) * ''Solariella opalina'' Shikama & Hayashi, 1977 (original combination) | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Elaphriella opalina''''' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family 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 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 in its structure and appearance, but with distinctive features, such as its angulated shoulder, as well as nodulous subsutural band and fasciole.<ref name=":0" />

The size of the shell attains 15 mm. ==Distribution== This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

==References== {{reflist}} * 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]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elaphriella Opalina}} opalina Category:Gastropods described in 1977