Siphonaria

Siphonaria
External surface of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Siphonariida
Superfamily: Siphonarioidea
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Siphonaria
Sowerby I, 1823
Type species
Siphonaria sipho
G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
Synonyms[1]
  • Anthosiphonaria Kuroda & Habe, 1971
  • Ductosiphonaria Hubendick, 1945
  • Hubendickula McAlpine, 1952
  • Kerguelenella Powell, 1946
  • Kerguelenia Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 (Invalid: junior homonym of Kerguelenia Stebbing, 1888 [Crustacea]; Kerguelenella is a replacement name)
  • Liriola Dall, 1870
  • Mouretus Blainville, 1824
  • Parellsiphon Iredale, 1940
  • Patellopsis Nobre, 1886
  • Planesiphon Zilch, 1959 (junior synonym)
  • Simplisiphonaria Hubendick, 1945
  • Siphonaria (Anthosiphonaria) Kuroda & Habe, 1971 · alternate representation
  • Siphonaria (Ductosiphonaria) Hubendick, 1945
  • Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) Powell, 1946
  • Siphonaria (Liriola) Dall, 1870
  • Siphonaria (Mouretus) Blainville, 1824
  • Siphonaria (Patellopsis) Nobre, 1886
  • Siphonaria (Planesiphon) Zilch, 1859 (junior synonym)
  • Siphonaria (Sacculosiphonaria) Hubendick, 1945 (a junior synonym)
  • Siphonaria (Siphonaria) Sowerby I, 1823
  • Talisiphon Iredale, 1940 (junior synonym)
  • Torquisiphon Iredale, 1940

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

  1. ^ a b 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