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of small to medium-sized

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Calyptraeidae The Calyptraeidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine prosobranch gastropods. MolluscaBase. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141 o ...

, the slipper snails, Chinese hat snails, and cup-and-saucer snails.WoRMS (2010). Sigapatella Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391489 on 2011-10-31

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)

Description

The oval shell has a lateral

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. The interior plate has a submarginal axis. The free margin is concave.

Species

Species within the genus ''Sigapatella'' include: * † '' Sigapatella americana'' Ortmann 1900 * '' Sigapatella calyptraeformis'' (

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) * † '' Sigapatella crater'' (Finlay, 1926) * † '' Sigapatella gigantea'' (Beu, 1970) * '' Sigapatella hedleyi'' (Smith, 1915) Hedley's shelf limpet * † '' Sigapatella maccoyi'' (Suter, 1917) *† '' Sigapatella mapalia''

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Sigapatella novaezelandiae ''Sigapatella novaezelandiae'', common name the circular slipper limpet, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Sigapatella novaezelandiae. Accessed through: World Re ...

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, 1830) Marshall, B.A. 2003: A review of the Recent and late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger 46: 117-144. * '' Sigapatella nukumaruana'' Marshall, 2003 Marshall B.A. 2003. ''A review of the Recent and Late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda).'' The Veliger 46(2): 117-144
/ref> * '' Sigapatella ohopeana'' Marshall, 2003 * † '' Sigapatella otamatea'' Laws, 1944 * † '' Sigapatella patulosa'' Powell and Bartrum, 1929 A.W.B. Powell, Tertiary Molluscan Faunulesfrom the Waitemata Beds
/ref> * † '' Sigapatella perampla'' (Powell & Bartrum, 1929) * '' Sigapatella spadicea'' Boshier, 1961 * † '' Sigapatella subvaricosa'' Powell & Bartrum, 1929 * '' Sigapatella superstes'' Fleming, 1958 * '' Sigapatella tenuis'' (Gray, 1867) * '' Sigapatella terraenovae'' (Peile, 1924) * '' Sigapatella subvaricosa'' Powell and Partrum, 1929 * † '' Sigapatella vertex'' J. Marwick, 1926 * † ''Sigapatella (Spirogalerus) lamellaria'' (Finlay & Marwick, 1937) (synonym: ''Spirogalerus lamellaria'' Finlay & Marwick 1937) Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990)
/ref> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Sigapatella maculata''

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, 1913 : synonym of ''Sigapatella novaezelandiae'' (Lesson, 1830)

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Paleopbiology Database : Sigapatella
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3176301 Calyptraeidae Gastropods of Australia Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropod genera Taxa named by René Lesson