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Siphonaria zelandica

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Siphonaria zelandica
Dorsal view of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Siphonariida
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Siphonaria
Species:
S. zelandica
Binomial name
Siphonaria zelandica
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Synonyms
  • Planesiphon elegans Iredale, 1940
  • Siphonaria baconi Reeve, 1856
  • Siphonaria zebra Reeve, 1856

Siphonaria zelandica is a species of medium-sized air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.[1]

Ventral view of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica showing the siphonal groove on the right

Description

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The length of the shell attains 19.9 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Zealand and Lord Howe Island.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740950 on 2022-06-09
  • Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, P. (1833). Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. Tome IV, 366pp. Paris.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Jenkins, B. W. 1983. Redescriptions and relationship of Siphonaria zelandica Quoy and Gaimard to S. australis Quoy and Gaimard with a description of S. propria sp. nov. (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Siphonariidae).
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