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.
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This genus has been declared a synonym of the genus Sigapatella Lesson, 1831[2]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Zegalerus include:
- Species brought into synonymy
- Zegalerus crater Finlay, 1927; synonym of Sigapatella novaezelandiae Lesson, 1830
- † Zegalerus giganteus Beu, 1970: synonym of † Sigapatella gigantea (Beu, 1970)
- † Zegalerus peramplus:[4] synonym of †Sigapatella perampla (Powell & Bartrum, 1929)
- 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: synonym of Sigapatella terraenovae Peile, 1924
References
edit- ^ 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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