Kaiparapelta

Kaiparapelta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Kaiparapelta
Marshall, 1986

Kaiparapelta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudococculinidae. The genus has traditionally been classified as belonging to the Pseudococculinidae family, but as of 2013, molecular data indicate that this family is a non-monophyletic group, and the phylogenic position of this genus remains unsettled.

Species

Species within the genus Kaiparapelta include:

References

  1. ↑ Marshall B.A. (1986 ["1985"]) Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-54632.
  2. ↑ Kaiparapelta Marshall, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Haszprunar, G.; Graf, L.; Hess, M. (2014). "3D-anatomy of the ctenoglossate limpet Kaiparapelta (Vetigastropoda: Lepetelloidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 80 (1): 84–98. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyt051. ISSN 0260-1230.
  4. ↑ Kaiparapelta askewi McLean & Harasewych, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

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