Argalista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Colloniinae of the family Colloniidae.
Distribution These marine are endemic to New Zealand, except Argalista kingensis, which occurs off Tasmania and Argalista rosea, which occurs off Victoria, Australia.
Species Species within the genus Argalista include: † Argalista aequor Laws, 1941 Argalista agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925) Argalista amakusaensis (T. Habe, 1960) † Argalista arta Marwick, 1928 Argalista corallina (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935) Argalista crassicostata (Murdoch, 1905) † Argalista effusa Marwick, 1928 Argalista filifera (Deshayes, 1863) Argalista fluctuata (Hutton, 1883) Argalista fugitiva (Hedley, 1911) Argalista gelleneae Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2025 Argalista glareosa (A. Gould, 1861) Argalista hapei Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2025 † Argalista kaiparaensis H. J. Finlay, 1930 Argalista kingensis May, 1923 † Argalista kingi A. W. B. Powell, 1938 † Argalista leniumbilicata Laws, 1935 Argalista lorenzi Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023 Argalista morrisoni Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023 Argalista nana Finlay, 1930 Argalista parvipulcherrima Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023 † Argalista promicans Laws, 1936 † Argalista proumbilicata H. J. Finlay, 1930 † Argalista provariecostata Laws, 1948 † Argalista roseopunctata (Angas, 1880) Argalista rotella Powell, 1937 † Argalista sola Laws, 1940 Argalista tapparonei (Caramagna, 1888) Argalista umbilicata Powell, 1926
Synonyms Argalista imperforata (Suter, 1908): synonym of Complicata collonista imperforata (Suter, 1908) : synonym of Collonista imperforata (Suter, 1908) (superseded combination) Argalista micans Powell, 1931: synonym of Cirsonella micans (A. W. B. Powell, 1931) (superseded combination) Argalista rosea (Tenison Woods, 1876): synonym of Planacollonista rosea (Tenison Woods, 1876) (superseded combination) Argalista variecostata Powell, 1937: synonym of Orbiscollonia variecostata (A. W. B. Powell, 1937) (superseded combination)
References
Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Huang, S.-I. (2023). The recent Colloniidae with a study of the Colloniidae collected by various expeditions of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 372 pp.
External links T. 1915. A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 417-497