''Alipta'' is a

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of very small

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Cerithiopsidae Cerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Re ...

Species

Species in the genus ''Alipta'' include: * '' Alipta crenistria'' (

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, 1907)

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Cerithiopsidae Taxa named by Harold John Finlay {{Cerithiopsidae-stub