''Zeacumantus'' is a

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of small to medium-sized

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

s or mud snails,

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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s in the

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Batillariidae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Zeacumantus Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446432 on 2011-04-09 This genus is sometimes still treated as if it were a subgenus of the genus ''

Batillaria ''Batillaria'' is a genus of small salt marsh or mudflat snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae, the horn snails. Species Species within the genus ''Batillaria'' include: * '' Batillaria attramentaria'' (G. B. Sowerby I, ...

'' ( Batillariidae).

Species

Species in the genus include:Miller M & Batt G, ''Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand'', William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973 * '' Zeacumantus diemenensis'' (Quoy, JRC & JP Gaimard, 1834) * ''

Zeacumantus lutulentus ''Zeacumantus lutulentus'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail or mud snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.Bouchet, P. (2011). Zeacumantus lutulentus (Kiener, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' (Kiener, 1841) * '' Zeacumantus subcarinatus'' (Sowerby, 1855) Synonyms: * ''Zeacumantus delicatus'' Laws, 1950 is a synonym of ''

Pyrazus ebeninus ''Pyrazus ebeninus'', commonly known as Hercules club mud whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae Batillariidae, common name batillariids or mudcreepers, are a family of marine, cerithioidean ...

'' (Bruguière, 1792)

References

External links

* Ozawa, T., Köhler, F., Reid, D.G. & Glaubrecht, M. (2009). "Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea)". '' Zoologica Scripta'' 38: 503-525. . {{Taxonbar, from=Q3177021 Batillariidae Taxa named by Harold John Finlay