Zidona | |
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Zidona dufresnei shell | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Zidona H. & A. Adams, 1853 |
Type species | |
Voluta angulataSwainson, 1821 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Voluta (Volutella)d'Orbigny, 1841 (Invalid: junior homonym of VolutellaPerry, 1810 [Gastropoda, Vasidae] and VolutellaSwainson,1829 [Marginellidae]; Zidona is a replacement name) Contents |
Zidona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. [1]
Species within the genus Zidona include:
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Concholepas is a genus of medium-sized to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock shells.
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Alia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Melampus is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.
Cymbula is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae.
Hastula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
Astyris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Perrinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontaidae.
Anadema is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colloniidae.
Swainsonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Imbricariinae of the family Mitridae.
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Colina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae.
Viana is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Oxymeris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
Nebularia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cylindromitrinae within the family of Mitridae. This name was originally proposed as a subgenus of the genus Mitra. The type species of this genus is Mitra contractaSwainson, 1820.
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