Genus of molluscs
Siphonaria
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External surface of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Order:
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Siphonariida
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Superfamily:
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Siphonarioidea
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Family:
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Siphonariidae
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Genus:
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Siphonaria Sowerby I, 1823
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Type species
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Siphonaria sipho
G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
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Synonyms[1]
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- 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
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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.[1]