Siphonaria
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| A shell of Siphonaria zelandica | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Siphonarioidea |
| Family: | Siphonariidae |
| Genus: | Siphonaria Sowerby I, 1823 |
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Siphonaria is a genus of air-breathing sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.
[edit] Distribution
This genus occurs worldwide in most tropical and temperate seas.
[edit] Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included in the genus Siphonaria [1]
- Siphonaria alternata Say, 1826
- Siphonaria anneae
- Siphonaria atra Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Siphonaria baconi Reeve, 1856
- Siphonaria capensis Quoy & Gaimard
- Siphonaria carbo Hanley
- Siphonaria compressa Allanson, 1958
- Siphonaria concinna Sowerby, 1830
- Siphonaria crenata de Blainville, 1827
- Siphonaria dayi Allanson
- Siphonaria ferruginea Reeve, 1856
- Siphonaria grisea Gmelin
- Siphonaria incerta Deshayes, 1863
- Siphonaria kurracheensis (Reeve, 1856)
- Siphonaria laciniosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Siphonaria madagascarensis Ohdner, 1919
- Siphonaria natalensis Krauss, 1848
- Siphonaria nigerrima
- Siphonaria normalis Gould
- Siphonaria oculus Krauss
- Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) - striped false limpet
- Siphonaria serrata
- Siphonaria sipho Sowerby, 1830
- Siphonaria siquijorensis Reeve, 1856
- Siphonaria tenuicostulata Smith
Other species within the genus Siphonaria include[2][3]:
- Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Siphonaria brannani Stearns, 1872
- Siphonaria cookiana Suter, 1909
- Siphonaria denticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Siphonaria gigas Sowerby, 1825 - giant false limpet
- Siphonaria thersites Carpenter, 1864
- Siphonaria virgulata
- Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species are also included within the genus Siphonaria [4]
- Siphonaria acmaeoides Pilsbry, 1894
- Siphonaria japonica (Donovan, 1824)
- Siphonaria javanica (Lamarck, 1819)
- Siphonaria rucuana Pilsbry, 1904
- Siphonaria sirius Pilsbry, 1894
[edit] References
- ^ WoRMS : Siphonaria
- ^ "Siphonaria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=76443.
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ OBIS : Siphonaria
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