Sigapatella superstes
Appearance
Sigapatella superstes | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of Sigapatella superstes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Calyptraeidae |
Genus: | Sigapatella |
Species: | S. superstes
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Binomial name | |
Sigapatella superstes Fleming, 1958
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Sigapatella superstes is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
[edit]- Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Marshall B.A. 2003. A review of the Recent and Late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger 46(2): 117-144