''Kaiparapelta'' is a

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Pseudococculinidae Pseudococculinidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lepetelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2012). Pseudococculinidae. Acces ...

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group, and the phylogenic position of this genus remains unsettled.

Species

Species within the genus ''Kaiparapelta'' include: * '' Kaiparapelta askewi'' McLean & Harasewych, 1995 * † '' Kaiparapelta singularis'' B. A. Marshall, 1986

References

Bibliography

* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 * H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. 2009 ''Recent Mollusca''. pp 196–219 in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.), The New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch Pseudococculinidae Monotypic gastropod genera {{Pseudococculinidae-stub