Siphonaria gigas

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Siphonaria gigas
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Five views of a shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Siphonariida
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Siphonaria
Species:
S. gigas
Binomial name
Siphonaria gigas
G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
Dorsal view of a shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 Siphonaria gigas 1.jpg
Dorsal view of a shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
Apertural view of shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 Siphonaria gigas 2.jpg
Apertural view of shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
Profile view of shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 Siphonaria gigas 3.jpg
Profile view of shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825

Siphonaria gigas, common name the giant false limpet, is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 32 mm and 84 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Acapulco, Mexico, to Northern Peru; off the Galápagos Islands.

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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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<i>Siphonaria australis</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Siphonaria zelandica</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Kerguelenella lateralis</i> Species of gastropod

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

Siphonaria stewartiana is a species of air-breathing sea snail, a false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.

<i>Montfortula rugosa</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Siphonaria pectinata</i> Species of gastropod

Siphonaria pectinata, common name the striped false limpet, is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine heterobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae.

Siphonarioidea Superfamily of gastropods

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<i>Lottia antillarum</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Amblychilepas nigrita</i> Species of gastropod

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Clypidina notata, common name the black-ribbed false limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

<i>Siphonaria diemenensis</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Siphonaria hispida</i> Species of gastropod

Siphonaria hispida is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.

<i>Siphonaria normalis</i> Species of gastropod

Siphonaria normalis, is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.

<i>Siphonaria lessonii</i> Species of gastropod

Siphonaria lessonii, is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.

<i>Diodora elizabethae</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Siphonaria naufragum</i> Species of mollusc

Siphonaria naufragum is a species of air-breathing sea snail, or false limpet, a marine heterobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae.

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