Kaiparapelta

Kaiparapelta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Kaiparapelta
Marshall, 1986[1]

Kaiparapelta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudococculinidae.[2] The genus has traditionally been classified as belonging to the Pseudococculinidae family, but as of 2013, molecular data indicate that this family is a non-monophyletic group, and the phylogenic position of this genus remains unsettled.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Kaiparapelta include:

References

  1. Marshall B.A. (1986 ["1985"]) Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-54632.
  2. Kaiparapelta Marshall, 1986.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 October 2010.
  3. Haszprunar, G.; Graf, L.; Hess, M. (2014). "3D-anatomy of the ctenoglossate limpet Kaiparapelta (Vetigastropoda: Lepetelloidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 80 (1): 84–98. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyt051. ISSN 0260-1230.
  4. Kaiparapelta askewi McLean & Harasewych, 1995.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
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