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
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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

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

References

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  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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