''Roseaplagis'' is a small
genus
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of
sea snail
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s in the
family
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Trochidae
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, the top snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Roseaplagis K. M. Donald & Spencer, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876696 on 2020-07-25]
Species
There are four species in the genus ''Roseaplagis'':
* ''
Roseaplagis artizona''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''
Roseaplagis caelatus''
(Hutton, 1884)
* ''
Roseaplagis mortenseni''
(Odhner, 1924)
* ''
Roseaplagis rufozona''
(A. Adams, 1853)
References
* Donald K. & Spencer H. G. (2016). Phylogenetic patterns in New Zealand and temperate Australian cantharidines (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae: Cantharidinae): trans-Tasman divergences are ancient. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100: 333-344
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