Argalista

Argalista
Argalista nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Colloniidae
Subfamily:	Colloniinae
Genus:	Argalista Iredale, 1915 [1]
Type species
Cyclostrema fluctuataHutton, F.W., 1883
Synonyms
Homalopoma (Argalista)Iredale, 1915

Argalista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Colloniinae of the family Colloniidae. ^[2]

Distribution

These marine are endemic to New Zealand, except Argalista kingensis, which occurs off Tasmania and Argalista rosea, which occurs off Victoria, Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Argalista include:

• † Argalista aequor Laws, 1941
• Argalista agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)
• Argalista amakusaensis (T. Habe, 1960)
• † Argalista arta Marwick, 1928
• Argalista corallina (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935)
• Argalista crassicostata (Murdoch, 1905)
• † Argalista effusa Marwick, 1928
• Argalista filifera (Deshayes, 1863)
• Argalista fluctuata (Hutton, 1883)
• Argalista fugitiva (Hedley, 1911)
• Argalista gelleneae Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2025
• Argalista glareosa (A. Gould, 1861)
• Argalista hapei Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2025
• † Argalista kaiparaensis H. J. Finlay, 1930
• Argalista kingensis May, 1923
• † Argalista kingi A. W. B. Powell, 1938
• † Argalista leniumbilicata Laws, 1935
• Argalista lorenzi Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023
• Argalista morrisoni Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023
• Argalista nana Finlay, 1930
• Argalista parvipulcherrima Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023
• † Argalista promicans Laws, 1936
• † Argalista proumbilicata H. J. Finlay, 1930
• † Argalista provariecostata Laws, 1948
• † Argalista roseopunctata (Angas, 1880)
• Argalista rotella Powell, 1937
• † Argalista sola Laws, 1940
• Argalista tapparonei (Caramagna, 1888)
• Argalista umbilicata Powell, 1926

Synonyms

• Argalista imperforata(Suter, 1908): synonym of Complicata collonista imperforata (Suter, 1908) : synonym of Collonista imperforata (Suter, 1908) (superseded combination)
• Argalista micansPowell, 1931: synonym of Cirsonella micans (A. W. B. Powell, 1931) (superseded combination)
• Argalista rosea(Tenison Woods, 1876): synonym of Planacollonista rosea (Tenison Woods, 1876) (superseded combination)
• Argalista variecostata Powell, 1937: synonym of Orbiscollonia variecostata (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) (superseded combination)

References

1. Iredale 1915, Trans. New Zealand Inst., 47, 445.
2. Argalista Iredale, 1915 . 20 February 2013. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Huang, S.-I. (2023). The recent Colloniidae with a study of the Colloniidae collected by various expeditions of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 372 pp.

External links

• , T. 1915. A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 417-497