Argalista
| Argalista | |
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| Argalista nana | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Subfamily: | Colloniinae
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| Genus: | Argalista Iredale, 1915 [1]
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| Type species | |
| Argalista fluctuata Hutton, F.W., 1883 | |
Argalista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colloniidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]These marine species are endemic to New Zealand, except Argalista kingensis, which occurs off Tasmania and Argalista rosea, which occurs off Victoria, Australia.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Argalista include:
- Argalista corallina (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935)
- Argalista crassicostata (Murdoch, 1905)
- Argalista fluctuata (Hutton, 1883)
- Argalista fugitiva (Hedley, 1911)
- Argalista imperforata (Suter, 1908)
- Argalista kingensis May, 1923
- Argalista micans Powell, 1931
- Argalista nana Finlay, 1930
- Argalista rosea (Tenison Woods, 1876)
- Argalista roseopunctata (Angas, 1880)
- Argalista rotella Powell, 1937
- Argalista umbilicata Powell, 1926
- Argalista variecostata Powell, 1937
References
[edit]- ^ Iredale 1915, Trans. New Zealand Inst., 47, 445.
- ^ Argalista Iredale, 1915. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 February 2013.
- Iredale, T. 1915. A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 417-497