Elaphriella opalina is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.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 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.
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.
The size of the shell attains 15 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.
References
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 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 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