Zegalerus

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.

Zegalerus
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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This genus has been declared a synonym of the genus Sigapatella Lesson, 1831 [2]

Species

Species within the genus Zegalerus include:

  • Zegalerus coniculus [3]
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)
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References
  1. Finlay H. J. (1927). Trans. N. Zealand Inst. 57: 392.
  2. 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
  3. Jeffrey D. Stilwell,William J. Zinsmeister, Molluscan systematics and biostratigraphy: lower tertiary, La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula
  4. 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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