Records and Descriptions of Epitoniidae (Orthogastropoda: Epitonioidea) from the Deep Sea off Northeastern Brazil and a Checklist of Epitonium and Opalia from the Atlantic Coast of South America
Table 2
Checklist of species of the genus Opalia known for the Atlantic coast of South America with geographic and bathymetric distribution.
Species
Distribution (South America)
Depth (m)
(1) O. abbotti Clench and Turner, 1952
Brazil (PE, RJ, SP)
64–704
(2) O. aurifila (Dall, 1889)
Brazil
91–311
(3) O. burryi Voss, 1953
Colombia
30–168
(4) O. crenata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Venezuela, Brazil (AP, PA, AL to SC)
0.3–82
(5) O. eolis Clench and Turner, 1950
Brazil (RN), Southeastern Brazil
60–384
(6) O. hotessieriana (d’Orbigny, 1842)
Brazil (AL to SC)
0–165
(7) O. cf. morchiana*
Southeastern Brazil
—
(8) O. pumilio (Mörch, 1875)
Brazil (AP, PI, CE, PE, AL)
0–183
(9) O. cf. pumilio*
Colombia
—
(10) O. revizee n. sp.*
Brazil (AL)
720
AP: Amapá, PA: Pará, PI: Piauí, CE: Ceará, PE: Pernambuco, AL: Alagoas, RJ: Rio de Janeiro, SP: São Paulo, SC: Santa Catarina; (—) depth is not given by Miyaji [30]; (*) endemic to the Atlantic coast of South America.
