Siphonaria | |
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External surface of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Siphonariida |
Superfamily: | Siphonarioidea |
Family: | Siphonariidae |
Genus: | Siphonaria Sowerby I, 1823 |
Type species | |
Siphonaria sipho G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
This genus occurs worldwide in most tropical and temperate seas.
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included in the genus Siphonaria [2]