Argalista

Argalista
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Argalista
Iredale, 1915 [1]
Type species
Argalista fluctuata Hutton, F.W., 1883

Argalista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colloniidae.[2]

Distribution

These marine species are endemic to New Zealand, except Argalista kingensis, which occurs off Tasmania and Argalista rosea, which occurs off Victoria, Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Argalista include:

References

  1. Iredale 1915, Trans. New Zealand Inst., 47, 445.
  2. Argalista Iredale, 1915 .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 February 2013.


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