Zethalia

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Zethalia
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Zethalia zelandica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Zethalia
Finlay, 1926
Type species
Zethalia zelandica
Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1855
Synonyms [1]

EthaliopsisCossmann, 1918 (invalid, preoccupied by EthaliopsisSchepmann, 1908)

Zethalia is a genus of sea snails in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails, first formally named in 1918. [1] [2]

Species

There is one extant (still living) species and two extinct species within the genus Zethalia: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Zethalia Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512315 on 2020-08-02
  2. Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html