Zegalerus

Zegalerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Calyptraeidae
Genus:	Zegalerus Finlay, 1927 [1]
Species
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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.

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 giganteusBeu, 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)

Species inquirenda

• Zegalerus tumens Finlay, 1930: synonym of Sigapatella terraenovae Peile, 1924

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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