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Sigapatella
Sign in to saveSigapatella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, Chinese hat snails, and cup-and-saucer snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyCalyptraeidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 77
- With media
- 41
- Family
- Calyptraeidae
- Collections
- AUM, UF, USNM
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, United States, Chile, Argentina, Antarctica
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Calyptraeidae
- Image
- Sigapatella novaezelandiae.JPG
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- Sigapatella
- taxon name
- Sigapatella
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- genus
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Sigapatella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, Chinese hat snails, and cup-and-saucer snails.
==Taxonomy== This group of species was originally classified under Calyptraea (Sigapatella) by Lesson in 1830. In 1990 the subgenus was elevated to the rank of genus as Sigapatella by Beu et al. and confirmed in 2000 by Camacho et al. (2000).
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