Argalista kingensis
| Argalista kingensis | |
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| Shell of Argalista kingensis (specimen at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Subfamily: | Colloniinae |
| Genus: | Argalista |
| Species: | A. kingensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Argalista kingensis May, 1923
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| Synonyms | |
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Neocollonia kingicola [sic] · | |
Argalista kingensis is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in Bass Strait, Tasmania.
References
- ^ Argalista kingensis May, 1923. 23 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- May, W. L. (1923). An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
- May, W. L. (1924). Mollusca of King Island, with descriptions of five new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1923: 47-55.
- Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Huang, S.-I. (2025). The recent Colloniidae, with a study of the Colloniidae collected by various expeditions of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, volume II. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 90 pp.