Biology:Nodiscala

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Nodiscala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Nodiscala Boury, 1890
Species
See text

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

This genus has become a synonym of Opalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Species

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

• "Nodiscala". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=567071. 
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
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