Siphonaria
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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.
Distribution
This genus occurs worldwide in most tropical and temperate seas.
Species within the genus Siphonaria
- Siphonaria alternata Say, 1826
- Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Siphonaria brannani Stearns, 1872
- Siphonaria cookiana Suter, 1909
- Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) - striped false limpet
- Siphonaria thersites Carpenter, 1864
- Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
References
- "Siphonaria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1