Siphonaria gigas
Siphonaria gigas | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
Family: | Siphonariidae |
Genus: | Siphonaria |
Species: | S. gigas |
Binomial name | |
Siphonaria giga G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 ![]() Apertural view of shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 ![]() Profile view of shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 | |
Siphonaria gigas, common name the giant false limpet, is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.[1]
References
- ↑ Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 August 2011.