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Siphonaria
A shell of Siphonaria zelandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Siphonarioidea
Family:
Siphonariidae
Genus:
Siphonaria

Sowerby I, 1823
Species

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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.

A shell of Siphonaria sirius
Three rows of the radula of Siphonaria; c) central tooth l) lateral teeth

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included in the genus Siphonaria [1]

Other species within the genus Siphonaria include[2][3]:

According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species are also included within the genus Siphonaria [4]

References

  1. ^ WoRMS : Siphonaria
  2. ^ "Siphonaria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  4. ^ OBIS : Siphonaria
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