Siphonariidae, also known as false limpets, are a
taxonomic family
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of small to medium-sized air-breathing
sea snail
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s, marine and
brackish water
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pulmonate
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s.
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Shell description
Empty siphonariid limpet shells can be distinguished from true limpet shells by examining the interior. In the siphonariids there is a well-marked lateral groove on the right side of the shell, and a corresponding interruption of the ring of muscle attachment scars. These markers show the positioning of the
pneumostome or
pulmonary orifice.
Genera
Genera in the family Siphonariidae include:
* ''
Anthosiphonaria''
Kuroda & Habe, 1971 ** ''
Anthosiphonaria sirius''
* ''
Aporemodon''
Robson, 1913
* ''Benhamina''
Finlay, 1927 - with the only one species ''
Benhamina obliquata'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
* ''
Ellsiphon''
Iredale, 1940
* ''
Hebesiphon''
Iredale, 1940
* ''
Heterosiphonaria''
Hubendick, 1945
* ''
Hubendickula''
McAlpine, 1952
* ''
Kerguelenella''
Powell, 1946 - synonym: ''Kerguelenia'' Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
* ''
Legosiphon''
Iredale, 1940
* ''
Mallorisiphon''
Iredale, 1940
* ''
Mestosiphon''
Iredale, 1940
* ''
Pachysiphonaria''
Hubendick, 1945
* ''
Parellsiphon''
Iredale, 1940
* ''
Patellopsis''
Nobre, 1886
* ''
Pugillaria''
Iredale, 1924
* ''
Siphonacmaea''
Habe, 1958
* ''
Siphonaria''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 - type genus of the family Siphonariidae
* ''
Talisiphon''
Iredale, 1940
* ''
Williamia''
Monterosato, 1884 - synonyms: ''Allerya'' Mörch, 1877; ''Brondelia'' Bourguignat, 1862; ''Parascutum'' Cossmann, 1890; ''Roya'' Iredale, 1912; ''Scutulum'' Monterosato, 1877.
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Allerya''
Mörch, 1877: synonym of ''Williamia''
Monterosato, 1884
* ''Brondelia''
Bourguignat, 1862: synonym of ''Williamia''
Monterosato, 1884
* ''Ductosiphonaria''
Hubendick, 1945: synonym of ''Siphonaria''
Sowerby I, 1823
* ''Kerguelenia''
Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889: synonym of ''Kerguelenella''
Powell, 1946
* ''Liriola''
Dall, 1870: synonym of ''Siphonaria''
Sowerby I, 1823
* ''Mouretus''
Blainville, 1824: synonym of ''Siphonaria''
Sowerby I, 1823
* ''Parascutum''
Cossmann, 1890: synonym of ''Williamia''
Monterosato, 1884
* ''Planesiphon''
Zilch, 1959: synonym of ''Siphonaria''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
* ''Roya''
Iredale, 1912: synonym of ''Williamia''
Monterosato, 1884
* ''Scutulum''
Monterosato, 1877: synonym of ''Williamia''
Monterosato, 1884
* ''Siphonacmaea''
ic: synonym of ''Siphonacmea''
Habe, 1958
References
Further reading
*
Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
External links
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Gastropod families
Taxa named by John Edward Gray