Nesta (gastropod)
Appearance
Nesta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
Genus: | Nesta Adams, 1870 |
Type species | |
Nesta candida Adams, 1870
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Nesta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
This genus has become a synonym for Zeidora A. Adams, 1860
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Nesta include:
- Nesta amamiensis Habe, 1963
- Species brought into synonymy
- Nesta atlantica Pérez Farfante, 1947: synonym of Laevinesta atlantica (Pérez Farfante, 1947)
- Nesta candida Adams, 1870: synonym of Zeidora candida (Adams, 1870)
- Nesta galapagensis McLean, 1970: synonym of Zeidora galapagensis (McLean, 1970)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Nesta H. Adams, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206336 on 2013-01-19