| Siphonaria zelandica | |
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| Dorsal view of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Siphonariida |
| Family: | Siphonariidae |
| Genus: | Siphonaria |
| Species: | S. zelandica |
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| Siphonaria zelandica | |
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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]
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Ventral view of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica showing the siphonal groove on the right
Description
The length of the shell attains 19.9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand and Lord Howe Island.
References
- ↑ 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).
External links
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- Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus Siphonaria. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pl. 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Iredale, T. (1940). Marine Molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. Australian Zoologist. 9: 429-443.
- Dayrat, B.; Goulding, T. C.; White, T. R. (2014). Diversity of Indo-West Pacific Siphonaria (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura). Zootaxa. 3779(2): 246-276
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