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Genus of gastropods

Zethalia
Zethalia zelandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Umboniinae
Genus: Zethalia
Finlay, 1926
Type species
Zethalia zelandica
Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1855
Synonyms

Ethaliopsis Cossmann, 1918 (invalid, preoccupied by Ethaliopsis Schepmann, 1908)

Zethalia is a genus of sea snails in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails, first formally named in 1918.

Species

There is one extant (still living) species and two extinct species within the genus Zethalia:

  • Zethalia coronata Marwick, 1948
  • Zethalia russelli Marwick, 1965
  • Zethalia zelandica (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1855)

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Zethalia Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512315 on 2020-08-02
  2. Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html
  • Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
  • Vaught, K. C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. Melbourne, Florida : American Malacologists. xii + 189 pp.
Taxon identifiers
Zethalia


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