Zeacumantus

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Zeacumantus lutulentus (underside).JPG | image_caption = Apertural view of a beachworn shell of Zeacumantus lutulentus. | taxon = Zeacumantus | authority = Finlay, 1926 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | type_species = Cerithium subcarinatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855

Zeacumantus is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae.

This genus is sometimes still treated as if it were a subgenus of the genus Batillaria (Batillariidae).

Habitat

COPYVIO MUST BE REWRITTEN: These snails are found in great abundance in muddy, mid-tidal situations.

Shell description

COPYVIO MUSt BE REWRITTEN: The shells of this species are tall-spired, with a rounded to subquadrate aperture, simple sharp outer lip, and a very short, spout-like, anterior canal. --

Species

Species in the genus include:

Synonyms:

  • Zeacumantus delicatus Laws, 1950 is a synonym of Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792)

References

References

  1. [[File:PD-icon.svg. 15px]] [[Harold John Finlay. Finlay H. J.]] (3 December 1926). "A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics". ''[[Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand]]'' '''57''': [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html 320]-485. page 380.
  2. 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
  3. [[Arthur William Baden Powell. Powell A. W. B.]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [[HarperCollins. William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN. 0-00-216906-1
  4. Glen Pownall, ''New Zealand Shells and Shellfish'', Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN. 0-85467-054-8
  5. Miller M & Batt G, ''Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand'', [[HarperCollins. William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand 1973

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