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Siphonaria

Siphonaria
Siphonaria zelandica.JPG
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

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

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

This genus occurs worldwide in most tropical and temperate seas.

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

Other species within the genus Siphonaria include:


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