Sigapatella | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of Sigapatella novaezelandiae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Calyptraeidae |
Genus: | Sigapatella Lesson, 1831[1] |
Type species | |
Sigapatella novaezelandiae Lesson, R.P., 1830 | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Sigapatella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, Chinese hat snails, and cup-and-saucer snails.[2]