''Siphonaria'' is a

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of air-breathing

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limpet Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical gastropod shell, shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is known as "patelliform" (dish-shaped). Existing within the class Gastropoda, ...

s, marine

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

s in the

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Siphonariidae, the false limpets.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

Distribution

This genus occurs worldwide in most

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and

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seas.

Species

According to the

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(WoRMS), the following species are included in the genus ''Siphonaria'' WoRMS: Siphonaria
/ref> * '' Siphonaria acmaeoides'' Pilsbry, 1894 * '' Siphonaria acuta'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * '' Siphonaria aequilirata'' Carpenter, 1857 * '' Siphonaria aequilorata'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Siphonaria alba'' Hubendick, 1943 * '' Siphonaria albicante'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * '' Siphonaria alternata'' Say, 1826 * '' Siphonaria alternicosta'' Potiez & Michaud, 1838 * '' Siphonaria asghar'' Biggs, 1958 * '' Siphonaria atra'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * '' Siphonaria australis'' Quoy &

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, 1833 * '' Siphonaria basseinensis'' Melvill, 1893 * '' Siphonaria belcheri'' Hanley, 1858 * '' Siphonaria bifurcata'' Reeve, 1856 * † '' Siphonaria bisiphites'' Michelin, 1831 * '' Siphonaria brannani'' Stearns, 1872 * '' Siphonaria brasiliana'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Siphonaria brunnea'' Hanley, 1858 * '' Siphonaria capensis'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * '' Siphonaria carbo'' Hanley, 1858 * '' Siphonaria characteristica'' Reeve, 1842 * '' Siphonaria chirura'' Pilsbry, 1920 * '' Siphonaria compressa'' Allanson, 1958 * '' Siphonaria concinna'' Sowerby, 1830 * '' Siphonaria corallina'' Christiaens, 1980 * '' Siphonaria corrugata'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Siphonaria corrumbinensis'' Hubendick, 1955 * † '' Siphonaria costaria'' (Deshayes, 1824) * '' Siphonaria costata'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 * † '' Siphonaria crassicostata'' Deshayes, 1861 * '' Siphonaria crenata'' de Blainville, 1827 * '' Siphonaria dayi'' Allanson, 1958 * '' Siphonaria denticulata'' Quoy &

, 1833 * '' Siphonaria diemenensis'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * '' Siphonaria elatior'' Schrenck, 1867 * '' Siphonaria exulum'' Hanley, 1858 * '' Siphonaria ferruginea'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Siphonaria fuegiensis'' Güller, Zelaya & Ituarte, 2015 * '' Siphonaria funiculata'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Siphonaria gigas'' Sowerby, 1825 - giant false limpet * † '' Siphonaria glabrata'' de Raincourt, 1876 * '' Siphonaria guamensis'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * '' Siphonaria henica'' Verrill & Bush, 1900 * '' Siphonaria hispida'' Hubendick, 1946 * '' Siphonaria incerta'' Deshayes, 1863 * '' Siphonaria innocuus'' (Iredale, 1940) * '' Siphonaria innominata'' (Iredale, 1915) * † '' Siphonaria irregularis'' Sacco, 1897 * '' Siphonaria japonica'' (Donovan, 1824) * '' Siphonaria javanica'' (Lamarck, 1819) * '' Siphonaria jeanae'' Jenkins, 1984 * '' Siphonaria kurracheensis'' (Reeve, 1856) * '' Siphonaria laciniosa'' (

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, 1758) * '' Siphonaria laeviuscula'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 * '' Siphonaria lateralis'' Gould, 1846 * † '' Siphonaria laubrierei'' Cossmann, 1889 * '' Siphonaria lepida'' Gould, 1848 * '' Siphonaria lessonii'' Blainville, 1824 * † '' Siphonaria liancurtensis'' Cossmann, 1892 * '' Siphonaria lineolata'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 * '' Siphonaria macgillivrayi'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Siphonaria macquariensis'' (Powell, 1939) * '' Siphonaria madagascarensis'' Ohdner, 1919 * '' Siphonaria maura'' Sowerby, 1835 * '' Siphonaria naufragum'' Stearns, 1872 * '' Siphonaria normalis'' Gould, 1846 * '' Siphonaria oculus'' Krauss * '' Siphonaria parcicostata'' Deshayes, 1863 * '' Siphonaria parma'' Hanley, 1858 * '' Siphonaria pascua'' Rehder, 1980 * † '' Siphonaria paucidigitata'' Cossmann, 1907 * '' Siphonaria pectinata'' (

, 1758) - striped false limpet * '' Siphonaria percea'' (Iredale, 1940) * '' Siphonaria pica'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 * '' Siphonaria pisangensis'' Hubendick, 1947 * '' Siphonaria placentula'' Menke, 1853 * '' Siphonaria plicata'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * † '' Siphonaria polygona'' (Michelotti, 1847) * '' Siphonaria propria'' Jenkins, 1983 * '' Siphonaria punctata'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * '' Siphonaria raoulensis'' Oliver, 1915 * '' Siphonaria redimiculum'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Siphonaria rosea'' Hubendick, 1943 * '' Siphonaria rucuana'' Pilsbry, 1904 * '' Siphonaria savignyi'' Krauss, 1848 * '' Siphonaria serrata'' (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) * '' Siphonaria siquijorensis'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Siphonaria sirius'' Pilsbry, 1894 * † '' Siphonaria spectabilis'' Deshayes, 1861 * ''

Siphonaria stellata ''Siphonaria'' is a genus of air-breathing sea snails or false limpets, Marine (ocean), marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2012). Siphonaria. Accessed thr ...

'' (Helbling, 1779) * '' Siphonaria stewartiana'' (Powell, 1939) * '' Siphonaria subatra'' Pilsbry, 1904 * '' Siphonaria subrugosa'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 * '' Siphonaria tasmanica'' Tenison-Woods, 1876 * '' Siphonaria tenuis'' Philippi, 1860 * '' Siphonaria thersites''

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, 1864 * '' Siphonaria tongensis'' Hubendick, 1943 * † '' Siphonaria tournoueri'' Vasseur, 1881 * '' Siphonaria tristensis'' (Leach, 1824) * † '' Siphonaria vasconiensis'' Michelin, 1831 * '' Siphonaria venosa'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Siphonaria viridis'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * † '' Siphonaria vulcanica'' Harzhauser, Landau & Breitenberger, 2017 * '' Siphonaria williamsi'' Berry, 1969 * † '' Siphonaria xinglongtaiensis'' Youluo, 1978 * '' Siphonaria zelandica'' Quoy &

, 1833 ;Taxa inquerenda: * ''Siphonaria adjacens'' W. H. Turton, 1932 * † ''Siphonaria alpinula'' Mayer, 1870 * ''Siphonaria angulata'' Gray, 1825 * ''Siphonaria becki'' W. H. Turton, 1932 * ''Siphonaria conica'' Blainville, 1827 * ''Siphonaria coreensis'' A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Siphonaria depressa'' Pease, 1862 * ''Siphonaria depressior'' Schrenck, 1867 * ''Siphonaria fuliginata'' Reeve, 1856 * † ''Siphonaria granicosta'' Cossmann, 1895 * ''Siphonaria kowiensis'' W. H. Turton, 1932 * ''Siphonaria luzonica'' Reeve, 1856 * ''Siphonaria melanozonias'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Siphonaria nigra'' Pallary, 1900 * ''Siphonaria oblivirgulata'' Hubendick, 1943 * ''Siphonaria opalescens'' Davis, 1904 * ''Siphonaria pallida'' Allanson, 1958 * ''Siphonaria palmata'' Carpenter, 1857 * ''Siphonaria palpebrum'' Reeve, 1856 * † ''Siphonaria penjinae'' Dall, 1893 * ''Siphonaria picta'' d'Orbigny, 1839 * ''Siphonaria plana'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (nomen dubium) * ''Siphonaria radiata'' Gray, 1824 * ''Siphonaria scabra'' Reeve, 1856 * ''Siphonaria sowerbyi'' Michelin, 1832 * † ''Siphonaria xinglongtaiensis'' Youluo, 1978 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Siphonaria adansonii'' de Blainville, 1827: synonym of ''Siphonaria pectinata'' (

, 1758) * ''Siphonaria algesirae'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: synonym of ''Siphonaria pectinata'' (

, 1758) * ''Siphonaria amara'' Reeve, 1856: synonym of ''Siphonaria normalis'' Gould, 1846 * ''Siphonaria amphibia'' W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of ''Siphonaria raoulensis'' W. R. B. Oliver, 1915 * ''Siphonaria anneae'' Tomlin, 1944: synonym of ''Siphonaria carbo'' Hanley, 1858 * ''Siphonaria aspera'' Krauss, 1848: synonym of ''Siphonaria serrata'' (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) * ''Siphonaria baconi'' Reeve, 1856: synonym of ''Siphonaria zelandica'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * ''Siphonaria blainvillei'' Hanley, 1858: synonym of '' Siphonaria funiculata'' Reeve, 1856 (junior synonym) * ''Siphonaria cancer'' Reeve, 1856: synonym of ''Siphonaria australis'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * ''Siphonaria cheesemani'' W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of ''Siphonaria raoulensis'' W. R. B. Oliver, 1915 * ''Siphonaria cochleariformis'' Reeve, 1856: synonym of ''Siphonaria japonica'' (Donovan, 1824) (nomen dubium, doubtful synonym) * ''Siphonaria cookiana'' Suter, 1909: synonym of '' Siphonaria australis'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * ''Siphonaria cyaneomaculata'' (Sowerby III, 1906): synonym of ''Siphonaria concinna'' Sowerby I, 1823 * ''Siphonaria deflexa'' (Helbling, 1779): synonym of '' Siphonaria concinna'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 * ''Siphonaria grisea'' Gmelin: synonym of ''Siphonaria pectinata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siphonaria inculta'' Gould, 1846: synonym of ''Siphonaria australis'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * ''Siphonaria intermedia'' Schrenck, 1867: synonym of ''Siphonaria sipho'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 accepted as '' Siphonaria javanica'' (Lamarck, 1819) (unavailable: not ''Siphonaria intermedia'' Murray, 1857) * ''Siphonaria jonasi'' Dunker, 1853: synonym of ''Siphonaria pectinata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siphonaria lecanium'' Philippi, 1846: synonym of '' Siphonaria maura'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 (junior subjective synonym) * ''Siphonaria lineolata'' d'Orbigny, 1842: synonym of ''Siphonaria pectinata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siphonaria macauleyensis'' W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of ''Siphonaria raoulensis'' W. R. B. Oliver, 1915 * ''Siphonaria mouret'' Sowerby G.B. I, 1825: synonym of ''Siphonaria pectinata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siphonaria mouretus'' de Blainville, 1824: synonym of ''Siphonaria pectinata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siphonaria natalensis'' Krauss, 1848: synonym of '' Siphonaria serrata'' (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) (junior synonym) * ''Siphonaria naufraga'' Stearns, 1872: synonym of ''Siphonaria pectinata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siphonaria nigerrima'' E. A. Smith, 1903: synonym of ''Siphonaria carbo'' Hanley, 1858 * ''Siphonaria nuttallii'' Hanley, 1858: synonym of ''Siphonaria normalis'' Gould, 1846 * ''Siphonaria obliquata'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of '' Benhamina obliquata'' (Sowerby I, 1825) * ''Siphonaria palmata'' Carpenter, 1857: synonym of ''Siphonaria lecanium var. palmata'' Carpenter, 1857 ('' taxon inquirendum'') * ''Siphonaria redimiculum'' Reeve, 1856: synonym of '' Kerguelenella lateralis'' (Gould, 1846) * ''Siphonaria sipho'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1830: synonym of '' Siphonaria javanica'' (Lamarck, 1819) * ''Siphonaria stellata'' Blainville, 1827: synonym of ''Siphonaria laciniosa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siphonaria stowae'' Verco, 1906: synonym of '' Pugillaria stowae'' (Verco, 1906) * ''Siphonaria striatocostata'' Dunker, 1846: synonym of ''Siphonaria pectinata'' (

, 1758) * ''Siphonaria tenuicostulata'' Smith: synonym of ''Siphonaria carbo'' Hanley, 1858 * ''Siphonaria variabilis'' Krauss, 1848: synonym of ''Siphonaria concinna'' Sowerby I, 1823 * ''Siphonaria virgulata'' Hedley, 1915: synonym of ''Siphonaria funiculata'' Reeve, 1856 * ''Siphonaria zebra'' Reeve, 1856: synonym of ''Siphonaria zelandica'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

References

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