Zacalantica galathea

Zacalantica galathea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae.

Zacalantica galathea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Phenacolepadidae
Genus:	Zacalantica
Species:	Z. galathea
Binomial name
Zacalantica galathea (Lamarck, 1819)
Synonyms
Patella galathea Lamarck, 1819 (original combination) Phenacolepas asperulata (A. Adams, 1854) (based on nomen nudum) Phenacolepas galathea (Lamarck, 1819) Plesiothyreus asperulatus (A. Adams, 1854) (based on nomen nudum) Scutellina asperulata A. Adams, 1854 (nomen nudum) Scutellina squamosa Garrett, 1877 (uncertain synonym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tanzania, Mauritius, the Comoros and Fiji Islands.

External links

• [httpsLamarck (J.-B. M.) de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author. ]://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
• Adams H. & Adams A. (1853–1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1–256 (1853), 257–484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1–92 (1854), 93–284 (1855), 285–412 (1856), 413–540 (1857), 541–661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1–32 (1853), 33–96 (1855), 97–112 (1856), 113–128 (1857), 129–138 (1858)
• Fukumori H., Yahagi T., Warén A. & Kano Y. (2019). Amended generic classification of the marine gastropod family Phenacolepadidae: transitions from snails to limpets and shallow-water to deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185(3): 636-655.