Zidona
Genus of gastropods
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Zidona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[1]
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| Zidona | |
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| Zidona dufresnei shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Zidona H. & A. Adams, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Voluta angulata Swainson, 1821 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Voluta (Volutella) d'Orbigny, 1841 (Invalid: junior homonym of Volutella Perry, 1810 [Gastropoda, Vasidae] and Volutella Swainson,1829 [Marginellidae]; Zidona is a replacement name) | |
Species
Species within the genus Zidona include:
- Zidona dufresnei (Donovan, 1823)[2]
- Synonyms
- Zidona (Ericusa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858: synonym of Ericusa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (original rank)
- Zidona palliata Kaiser, 1977: synonym of Provocator palliatus (Kaiser, 1977) (basionym)