''Zegalerus'' is a

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of small to medium-sized

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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 on ...

, commonly known as slipper snails, cup-and-saucer shells, and Chinese hat shells. This genus has been declared a synonym of the genus '' Sigapatella'' Lesson, 1831Bouchet, P. (2011). Zegalerus Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565220 on 2011-05-10

Species

Species within the genus ''Zegalerus'' include: * '' Zegalerus coniculus''Jeffrey D. Stilwell, William J. Zinsmeister, Molluscan systematics and biostratigraphy: lower tertiary, La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula
/ref> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Zegalerus crater''

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, 1927; synonym of '' Sigapatella novaezelandiae'' Lesson, 1830 * † ''Zegalerus giganteus'' Beu, 1970: synonym of † '' Sigapatella gigantea'' (Beu, 1970) * † ''Zegalerus peramplus'':A.W.B. Powell, Tertiary Molluscan Faunulesfrom the Waitemata Beds
/ref> synonym of †'' Sigapatella perampla'' (Powell & Bartrum, 1929) * ''Zegalerus terraenovae'' (Peile, 1924): synonym of '' Sigapatella terraenovae'' (Peile, 1924) * ''Zegalerus tenuis'' (Gray, 1867): synonym of '' Sigapatella tenuis'' (Gray, 1867) ;Species inquerenda * '' Zegalerus tumens'' Finlay, 1930: synonym of '' Sigapatella terraenovae'' Peile, 1924

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

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