''Sigapatella tenuis'' is a species of
sea snail, a
marine
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gastropod mollusc in the
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Calyptraeidae
The Calyptraeidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine prosobranch gastropods. MolluscaBase. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141 ...
, the slipper snails, Chinese hat snails and cup-and-saucer snails. It is found in
New Zealand
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References
*
Powell, A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Marshall B.A. 2003. ''A review of the Recent and Late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. The Veliger 46(2): 117-144
External links
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Calyptraeidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1868
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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