Siphonaria

Siphonaria
External surface of 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
Type species
Siphonaria sipho G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Liriola Dall, 1870
  • Mouretus Blainville, 1824
  • Siphonaria (Mouretus) Blainville, 1824

Siphonaria is a genus of air-breathing sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.[1]

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
Siphonaria gigas Sowerby, 1825. Museum specimens

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included in the genus Siphonaria [2]

  • Siphonaria acmaeoides Pilsbry, 1894
  • Siphonaria aequilorata Reeve, 1856
  • Siphonaria alternata Say, 1826
  • Siphonaria asghar Biggs, 1958
  • Siphonaria atra Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Siphonaria brannani Stearns, 1872
  • Siphonaria capensis Quoy & Gaimard
  • Siphonaria carbo Hanley
  • Siphonaria compressa Allanson, 1958
  • Siphonaria concinna Sowerby, 1830
  • Siphonaria crenata de Blainville, 1827
  • Siphonaria dayi Allanson
  • Siphonaria denticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Siphonaria diemenensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Siphonaria ferruginea Reeve, 1856
  • Siphonaria funiculata Reeve, 1856
  • Siphonaria gigas Sowerby, 1825 - giant false limpet
  • Siphonaria guamensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Siphonaria henica Verrill & Bush, 1900
  • Siphonaria hispida Hubendick, 1946
  • Siphonaria incerta Deshayes, 1863
  • Siphonaria japonica (Donovan, 1824)
  • Siphonaria javanica (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Siphonaria jeanae Jenkins, 1984
  • Siphonaria kurracheensis (Reeve, 1856)
  • Siphonaria laciniosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Siphonaria laeviuscula G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
  • Siphonaria lessoni Blainville, 1824
  • Siphonaria madagascarensis Ohdner, 1919
  • Siphonaria maura Sowerby, 1835
  • Siphonaria natalensis Krauss, 1848
  • Siphonaria nigerrima E. A. Smith, 1903
  • Siphonaria normalis Gould, 1846
  • Siphonaria oculus Krauss
  • Siphonaria palmata Carpenter, 1857
  • Siphonaria parcicostata Deshayes, 1863
  • Siphonaria pascua Rehder, 1980
  • Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) - striped false limpet
  • Siphonaria percea (Iredale, 1940)
  • Siphonaria propria Jenkins, 1983
  • Siphonaria raoulensis Oliver, 1915
  • Siphonaria rosea Hubendick, 1943
  • Siphonaria rucuana Pilsbry, 1904
  • Siphonaria savignyi Krauss, 1848
  • Siphonaria serrata (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
  • Siphonaria sipho Sowerby, 1830
  • Siphonaria siquijorensis Reeve, 1856
  • Siphonaria sirius Pilsbry, 1894
  • Siphonaria stellata (Helbling, 1779)
  • Siphonaria subatra Pilsbry, 1904
  • Siphonaria tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876
  • Siphonaria thersites Carpenter, 1864
  • Siphonaria tristensis (Leach, 1824)
  • Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Other species within the genus Siphonaria include:[3][4]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2012). Siphonaria. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138489 on 2012-07-04
  2. WoRMS : Siphonaria
  3. "Siphonaria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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