Zeidora ligustica

Zeidora ligustica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]

Zeidora ligustica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Zeidora
Species:
†Z. ligustica
Binomial name
†Zeidora ligustica
Bellardi, 1878
Synonyms
  • † Crepiemarginula reticulata Seguenza, 1880 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Zeidora reticulata A. Adams, 1862; Z. seguenzae is a replacement name)
  • † Zeidora seguenzae R. B. Watson, 1883

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Estepona, Spain.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zeidora ligustica Bellardi, 1878 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832276 on 2023-11-08
  • Landau B. & Jansen A. (2015). Additions to the gastropod fauna of the Pliocene of Estepona, southwestern Spain, 1. Two new vetigastropod records. Basteria. 78(4-6):103-108.


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