Argalista
| Argalista | |
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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
These marine species are endemic to New Zealand, except Argalista kingensis, which occurs off Tasmania and Argalista rosea, which occurs off Victoria, Australia.
Species
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
- ^ 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