''Zelippistes'' is a

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of small

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

s in the

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Capulidae The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Gofas, S. (2012). Capulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.m ...

, the cap snails. This genus was previously placed in the family Trichotropidae.

Species

Species within the genus ''Zelippistes'' include: * '' Zelippistes benhami'' (

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, 1902) * '' Zelippistes excentricus'' Petuch, 1979

References

External links

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