Siphonaria pectinata
| Siphonaria pectinata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Family: | Siphonariidae |
| Genus: | Siphonaria |
| Species: | S. pectinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Patella pectinata Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Siphonaria pectinata, common name the striped 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.
The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Siphonaria pectinata has been available since 2008.[1]
In 2008, based on nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial genomes, Grande et al. (2008)[2] proposed that this species should be recognized as a member of the Opisthobranchia rather than the Pulmonata.
Distribution
This species lives high in the intertidal zone on rocky shores in the North Atlantic Ocean, including in the east, the Mediterranean Sea, and in the west, East Florida and the Florida Keys. =)
References
- ↑ Grande C., Templado J. & Zardoya R. 2008. Evolution of gastropod mitochondrial genome arrangements. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:61. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-61
- ↑ Grande C., Templado J. & Zardoya R. (2008). "Evolution of gastropod mitochondrial genome arrangements". BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8: 61. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-61