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 | |
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Zethalia zelandica | |
Scientific 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
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Synonyms[1] | |
Ethaliopsis Cossmann, 1918 (invalid, preoccupied by Ethaliopsis Schepmann, 1908) |
Species
editThere 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
edit- ^ a b c 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
- ^ 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.