Zegalerus
| Zegalerus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Calyptraeoidea |
| Family: | Calyptraeidae |
| Genus: | Zegalerus Finlay, 1927[1] |
| Species | |
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Zegalerus is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae, commonly known as slipper snails, cup-and-saucer shells, and Chinese hat shells.
This genus has been declared a synonym of the genus Sigapatella Lesson, 1831 [2]
Species
Species within the genus Zegalerus include:
- Species brought into synonymy
- Zegalerus crater Finlay, 1927; synonym of Sigapatella novaezelandiae Lesson, 1830
- Zegalerus terraenovae (Peile, 1924): synonym of Sigapatella terraenovae (Peile, 1924)
- Zegalerus tenuis (Gray, 1867): synonym of Sigapatella tenuis (Gray, 1867)
- Species inquerenda
- Zegalerus tumens Finlay, 1930
References
- ↑ Finlay H. J. (1927). Trans. N. Zealand Inst. 57: 392.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2011). Zegalerus Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565220 on 2011-05-10
- ↑ Jeffrey D. Stilwell,William J. Zinsmeister, Molluscan systematics and biostratigraphy: lower tertiary, La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula
- ↑ A.W.B. Powell, Tertiary Molluscan Faunulesfrom the Waitemata Beds
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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