Siphonariidae

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.

Siphonariidae
Dorsal view of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Siphonariida
Superfamily: Siphonarioidea
Family: Siphonariidae
J. E. Gray, 1840
Synonyms[1]
  • Liriolidae
  • Siphonacmeidae

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[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
  1. 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
  2. "Siphonariidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. 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
  • 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.
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