Sigapatella

Sigapatella
Dorsal view of a shell of Sigapatella novaezelandiae
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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Synonyms[2]
  • Clypeola Gray, 1868
  • Sigapatella (Sigapatella) Lesson, 1831 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Sigapatella (Spirogalerus) Finlay & Marwick, 1937 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Trochella Gray 1867
  • Zegalerus Finlay, 1926

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]

  1. ^ Lesson R. P. (1831). Voy. "Coquille," Zool. 2(1): 389.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Sigapatella Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391489 on 2011-10-31