Siphonaria compressa

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Siphonaria compressa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Siphonariida
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Siphonaria
Species:
S. compressa
Binomial name
Siphonaria compressa
Allanson, 1958

Siphonaria compressa is a species of small, air-breathing sea snail. It is a pulmonate limpet, a gastropod in the Siphonariidae family.

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Distribution

It is endemic to South Africa.

A further site for this false limpet was discovered in 2004 in the Knysna River estuary (S34 03:E23 03) South Africa by Dr B. R. Allanson (the original describer of the species). [2]

Description

The length of the shell is 4-4.5 mm. [3] It is the smallest species of Siphonariidae. [3]

Ecology

This small false limpet lives on the leaves of the marine plant, eelgrass. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Kilburn, R.N. (1996). "Siphonaria compressa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T20268A9182352. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20268A9182352.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Allanson B. R. & Herbert D. G. (2005). "A newly discovered population of the critically endangered false limpet Siphonaria compressa Allanson, 1958 (Pulmonata: Siphonariidae) with observations on its reproductive biology". South African Journal of Science . 101 (1/2): 95–97. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Allanson B. R. & Msizi S. C. (2010). "Reproduction and growth of the endangered siphonariid limpet Siphonaria compressa (Pulmonata: Basommatophora)". Invertebrate Reproduction & Development . 54 (3): 151–161. Bibcode:2010InvRD..54..151A. doi:10.1080/07924259.2010.9652327.


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