:Zegalerus
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Zegalerus
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia= clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
| superfamilia = Calyptraeoidea
| familia = Calyptraeidae
| genus = Zegalerus
| genus_authority = Finlay, 1927Finlay H. J. (1927). Trans. N. Zealand Inst. 57: 392.
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
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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, 1831Bouchet, 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
Species
Species within the genus Zegalerus include:
- Zegalerus coniculus[https://books.google.com/books?id=a7l4c5cuix8C&pg=PR13 Jeffrey D. Stilwell, William J. Zinsmeister, Molluscan systematics and biostratigraphy: lower tertiary, La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula]
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Zegalerus crater Finlay, 1927; synonym of Sigapatella novaezelandiae Lesson, 1830
- † Zegalerus giganteus Beu, 1970: synonym of † Sigapatella gigantea (Beu, 1970)
- † Zegalerus peramplus:[http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_68/rsnz_68_03_002540.pdf A.W.B. Powell, Tertiary Molluscan Faunulesfrom the Waitemata Beds] 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 inquerenda
- Zegalerus tumens Finlay, 1930: synonym of Sigapatella terraenovae Peile, 1924
References
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- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
External links
- [http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Zegalerus DiscoverLife]
- [http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Zegalerus_Genus.asp ZipCodeZoo]
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Category:Taxa named by Harold John Finlay
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