Ziziphinus

Ziziphinus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1]

Ziziphinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Ziziphinus
Gray, 1842
Synonyms[1]
  • Trochus (Zizyphinus) Gray, 1847
  • Zizyphinus Gray, 1847 (incorrect subsequent spelling [by Gray, 1847] of Ziziphinus Gray, 1842)

This genus has become a synonym of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840

Species
Taxa inquerenda
  • Ziziphinus asperulatus A. Adams, 1853
  • Ziziphinus californicus A. Adams, 1853
  • Ziziphinus decussatus A. Adams, 1853
  • Ziziphinus nebulosus A. Adams, 1853


The following species were brought into synonymy:[1][2]

  • Ziziphinus chlorostoma Reeve : synonym of Cantharidus chlorostomus Menke
  • Ziziphinus comptus A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Calliostoma comptum A. Adams, 1855
  • Ziziphinus elegantulus A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Calliostoma elegantulum (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Ziziphinus euglyptus A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Astele armillata (Wood, 1828)
  • Ziziphinus granatum Chemnitz: synonym of Calliostoma tigris Martyn
  • Ziziphinus haliarchus Melvill, 1889: synonym of Calliostoma haliarchus (Melvill, 1889)
  • Ziziphinus indistinctus Reeve : synonym of Cantharidus erogatus Fischer
  • Ziziphinus jucundus Sowerby, 1878 (non Trochus jucundus Gould, 1849): synonym of Calliostoma haliarchus (Melvill, 1889)
  • Zizyphinus milne-edwardsi Locard, 1898: synonym of Calliostoma milneedwardsi (Locard, 1898)
  • Ziziphinus multigranus Dunker, 1871: synonym of Astele multigranus (Dunker, 1871)
  • Ziziphinus multiliratus G.B. Sowerby II, 1875: synonym of Calliostoma multiliratum (Sowerby II, 1875)
  • Ziziphinus nobilis Philippi: synonym of Calliostoma nobilis Philippi
  • Ziziphinus polychroma A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Jujubinus polychromus (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Ziziphinus polychromus [sic]: synonym of Jujubinus polychromus (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Ziziphinus rubropunctatus A. Adams, 1851: synonym of' Laetifautor rubropunctatus (A. Adams, 1851)
  • Ziziphinus scitulus A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Astele scitula (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Ziziphinus spectabilis A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Calliostoma spectabilis A. Adams, 1854
  • Ziziphinus ticaonicus A. Adams, 1851: synonym of Calliostoma ticaonicum (A. Adams, 1851)
  • Ziziphinus urbanus Gould, 1861: synonym of Cantharidus urbanus (Gould, 1861)

References
  1. WoRMS (2012). Ziziphinus Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465614 on 2012-12-07
  2. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia


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