Siphonariidae, also known as false limpets, are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing sea snails, marine and brackish water pulmonate gastropod molluscs.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Siphonariida |
| Superfamily: | Siphonarioidea |
| Family: | Siphonariidae J. E. Gray, 1840 |
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Shell description edit
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 edit
Genera in the family Siphonariidae include:
- Anthosiphonaria Kuroda & Habe, 1971 - [1]
- Aporemodon Robson, 1913[1]
- Benhamina Finlay, 1927[1] - 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[1]
- Legosiphon Iredale, 1940
- Mallorisiphon Iredale, 1940
- Mestosiphon Iredale, 1940
- Pachysiphonaria Hubendick, 1945
- Parellsiphon Iredale, 1940
- Patellopsis Nobre, 1886
- Pugillaria Iredale, 1924[1]
- Siphonacmaea Habe, 1958
- Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823[1][2] - type genus of the family Siphonariidae[3]
- Talisiphon Iredale, 1940
- Williamia Monterosato, 1884[1][2] - 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 [sic] : synonym of Siphonacmea Habe, 1958
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Bouchet, P. (2011). Siphonariidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23118 on 2011-02-08
- ^ a b "Siphonariidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
Further reading edit
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
External links edit
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