Zidona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[1]

Zidona
Zidona dufresnei shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Zidona
H. & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Voluta angulata Swainson, 1821
Synonyms[1]

Voluta (Volutella) d'Orbigny, 1841 (Invalid: junior homonym of Volutella Perry, 1810 [Gastropoda, Vasidae] and Volutella Swainson,1829 [Marginellidae]; Zidona is a replacement name)

Species edit

Species within the genus Zidona include:

Synonyms
  • Zidona (Ericusa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858: synonym of Ericusa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (original rank)
  • Zidona palliata Kaiser, 1977: synonym of Provocator palliatus (Kaiser, 1977) (basionym)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Zidona H. & A. Adams, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Zidona dufresnei (Donovan, 1823). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.

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