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.
Shell description
Empty siphonariid limpet shells can be distinguished from true limpet shells by examining the interior. In the siphonariids there is a well-marked lateral groove on the right side of the shell, and a corresponding interruption of the ring of muscle attachment scars. These markers show the positioning of the pneumostome or pulmonary orifice.
Genera
Genera in the family Siphonariidae include:
- Anthosiphonaria <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1971</small> - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=55524&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
- Anthosiphonaria sirius - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=55525&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
- Aporemodon <small>Robson, 1913</small>
- Benhamina <small>Finlay, 1927</small> - with the only one species Benhamina obliquata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Ellsiphon <small>Iredale, 1940</small>
- Hebesiphon <small>Iredale, 1940</small>
- Heterosiphonaria <small>Hubendick, 1945</small>
- Hubendickula <small>McAlpine, 1952</small>
- Kerguelenella <small>Powell, 1946</small> - synonym: Kerguelenia Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
- Legosiphon <small>Iredale, 1940</small>
- Mallorisiphon <small>Iredale, 1940</small>
- Mestosiphon <small>Iredale, 1940</small>
- Pachysiphonaria <small>Hubendick, 1945</small>
- Parellsiphon <small>Iredale, 1940</small>
- Patellopsis <small>Nobre, 1886</small>
- Pugillaria <small>Iredale, 1924</small>
- Siphonacmaea <small>Habe, 1958</small>
- Siphonaria <small>G. B. Sowerby I, 1823</small> - type genus of the family Siphonariidae
- Talisiphon <small>Iredale, 1940</small>
- Williamia <small>Monterosato, 1884</small> - synonyms: Allerya Mörch, 1877; Brondelia Bourguignat, 1862; Parascutum Cossmann, 1890; Roya Iredale, 1912; Scutulum Monterosato, 1877.
Genera brought into synonymy:
- Allerya <small>Mörch, 1877</small>: synonym of Williamia <small>Monterosato, 1884</small>
- Brondelia <small>Bourguignat, 1862</small>: synonym of Williamia <small>Monterosato, 1884</small>
- Ductosiphonaria <small>Hubendick, 1945</small>: synonym of Siphonaria <small>Sowerby I, 1823</small>
- Kerguelenia <small>Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889</small>: synonym of Kerguelenella <small>Powell, 1946</small>
- Liriola <small>Dall, 1870</small>: synonym of Siphonaria <small>Sowerby I, 1823</small>
- Mouretus <small>Blainville, 1824</small>: synonym of Siphonaria <small>Sowerby I, 1823</small>
- Parascutum <small>Cossmann, 1890</small>: synonym of Williamia <small>Monterosato, 1884</small>
- Planesiphon <small>Zilch, 1959</small>: synonym of Siphonaria <small>G. B. Sowerby I, 1823</small>
- Roya <small>Iredale, 1912</small>: synonym of Williamia <small>Monterosato, 1884</small>
- Scutulum <small>Monterosato, 1877</small>: synonym of Williamia <small>Monterosato, 1884</small>
- Siphonacmaea [sic] : synonym of Siphonacmea <small>Habe, 1958</small>
References
Further reading
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
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