Siphonaria

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

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

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