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]
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Buccinum is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Trochus is a genus of medium-to large-sized, top-shaped sea snails with an operculum, of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Terebra is a genus of small to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Terebrinae of the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.
Gibbula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Emarginula is a genus of small keyhole limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae.
Acmaea is a genus of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acmaeidae, one of the families of true limpets.
Turbo is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Natica is a genus of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails. The genus was erected by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1777.
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Patella is a genus of sea snails with gills, typical true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.
Melampus is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.
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Drupa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It occurs in the Indo-Pacific.
Planaxis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Planaxidae.
Ovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae.
Solecurtus is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve molluscs in the family Solecurtidae.