Zeacumantus

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Zeacumantus
Zeacumantus lutulentus (underside).JPG
Apertural view of a beachworn shell of Zeacumantus lutulentus .
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Zeacumantus

Finlay, 1926 [1]
Type species
Cerithium subcarinatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
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Zeacumantus is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae. [2]

Contents

This genus is sometimes still treated as if it were a subgenus of the genus Batillaria (Batillariidae).

Species

Species in the genus include: [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. PD-icon.svg Finlay H. J. (3 December 1926). "A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 57: 320-485. page 380.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Zeacumantus Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446432 on 2011-04-09
  3. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  4. Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-85467-054-8
  5. Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973