Siphonaria compressa
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Siphonaria compressa is a species of small, air-breathing sea snail. It is a pulmonate limpet, a gastropod in the Siphonariidae family. It is endemic to South Africa.
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- Kilburn, R.N. 1996. Siphonaria compressa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 07 August 2007.
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A further site for this false limpet was discovered in 2004 in the Knysna R. estuary (S34 03:E23 03) South Africa by Dr B R Allanson (the original describer of the species) The relevant publication is: Allanson B R and D G Herbert (2005). A newly discovered population of the critically endangered false limpet Siphonaria compressa Allanson, 1958 (Pulmonata: Siphonariidae) with observations on its reproductive biology. South Africa Journal of Science vol 101: 95 - 97.
