Zethalia

Zethalia is a genus of sea snails in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails, first formally named in 1918.[1][2]

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[1]

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

Species

There is one extant (still living) species and two extinct species within the genus Zethalia:[1]

  • 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.


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