Ziziphinus

Ziziphinus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1]

Ziziphinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Ziziphinus
Gray, 1842
Synonyms[1]
  • Trochus (Zizyphinus) Gray, 1847
  • Zizyphinus Gray, 1847 (incorrect subsequent spelling [by Gray, 1847] of Ziziphinus Gray, 1842)

This genus has become a synonym of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840

Species

Taxa inquerenda
  • Ziziphinus asperulatus A. Adams, 1853
  • Ziziphinus californicus A. Adams, 1853
  • Ziziphinus decussatus A. Adams, 1853
  • Ziziphinus nebulosus A. Adams, 1853


The following species were brought into synonymy:[1][2]

References


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