Zegalerus Explained

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^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Zegalerus include:

• Zegalerus coniculus^[2]

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:^[3] 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

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

External links

• DiscoverLife
• ZipCodeZoo

Notes and References

1. 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
2. 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
3. http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_68/rsnz_68_03_002540.pdf A.W.B. Powell, Tertiary Molluscan Faunulesfrom the Waitemata Beds