Siphonaria is a genus of air-breathing sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.[1]

Siphonaria
External surface of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Siphonariida
Superfamily: Siphonarioidea
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Siphonaria
Sowerby I, 1823
Type species
Siphonaria sipho
G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
Synonyms[1]
  • Anthosiphonaria Kuroda & Habe, 1971
  • Ductosiphonaria Hubendick, 1945
  • Hubendickula McAlpine, 1952
  • Kerguelenella Powell, 1946
  • Kerguelenia Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 (Invalid: junior homonym of Kerguelenia Stebbing, 1888 [Crustacea]; Kerguelenella is a replacement name)
  • Liriola Dall, 1870
  • Mouretus Blainville, 1824
  • Parellsiphon Iredale, 1940
  • Patellopsis Nobre, 1886
  • Planesiphon Zilch, 1959 (junior synonym)
  • Simplisiphonaria Hubendick, 1945
  • Siphonaria (Anthosiphonaria) Kuroda & Habe, 1971 · alternate representation
  • Siphonaria (Ductosiphonaria) Hubendick, 1945
  • Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) Powell, 1946
  • Siphonaria (Liriola) Dall, 1870
  • Siphonaria (Mouretus) Blainville, 1824
  • Siphonaria (Patellopsis) Nobre, 1886
  • Siphonaria (Planesiphon) Zilch, 1859 (junior synonym)
  • Siphonaria (Sacculosiphonaria) Hubendick, 1945 (a junior synonym)
  • Siphonaria (Siphonaria) Sowerby I, 1823
  • Talisiphon Iredale, 1940 (junior synonym)
  • Torquisiphon Iredale, 1940

Distribution

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This genus occurs worldwide in most tropical and temperate seas.

 
A shell of Siphonaria sirius
 
Three rows of the radula of Siphonaria; c) central tooth l) lateral teeth
 
Siphonaria gigas Sowerby, 1825. Museum specimens

Species

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According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included in the genus Siphonaria [2]

Taxa inquerenda
  • Siphonaria adjacens W. H. Turton, 1932
  • Siphonaria alpinula Mayer, 1870
  • Siphonaria angulata Gray, 1825
  • Siphonaria becki W. H. Turton, 1932
  • Siphonaria conica Blainville, 1827
  • Siphonaria coreensis A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 (taxon inquirendum)
  • Siphonaria depressa Pease, 1862
  • Siphonaria depressior Schrenck, 1867
  • Siphonaria fuliginata Reeve, 1856
  • Siphonaria granicosta Cossmann, 1895
  • Siphonaria kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932
  • Siphonaria luzonica Reeve, 1856
  • Siphonaria melanozonias (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Siphonaria nigra Pallary, 1900
  • Siphonaria oblivirgulata Hubendick, 1943
  • Siphonaria opalescens Davis, 1904
  • Siphonaria pallida Allanson, 1958
  • Siphonaria palmata Carpenter, 1857
  • Siphonaria palpebrum Reeve, 1856
  • Siphonaria penjinae Dall, 1893
  • Siphonaria picta d'Orbigny, 1839
  • Siphonaria plana Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (nomen dubium)
  • Siphonaria radiata Gray, 1824
  • Siphonaria scabra Reeve, 1856
  • Siphonaria sowerbyi Michelin, 1832
  • Siphonaria xinglongtaiensis Youluo, 1978
Species brought into synonymy
  • Siphonaria adansonii de Blainville, 1827: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Siphonaria algesirae Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Siphonaria amara Reeve, 1856: synonym of Siphonaria normalis Gould, 1846
  • Siphonaria amphibia W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of Siphonaria raoulensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  • Siphonaria anneae Tomlin, 1944: synonym of Siphonaria carbo Hanley, 1858
  • Siphonaria aspera Krauss, 1848: synonym of Siphonaria serrata (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
  • Siphonaria baconi Reeve, 1856: synonym of Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Siphonaria blainvillei Hanley, 1858: synonym of Siphonaria funiculata Reeve, 1856 (junior synonym)
  • Siphonaria cancer Reeve, 1856: synonym of Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Siphonaria cheesemani W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of Siphonaria raoulensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  • Siphonaria cochleariformis Reeve, 1856: synonym of Siphonaria japonica (Donovan, 1824) (nomen dubium, doubtful synonym)
  • Siphonaria cookiana Suter, 1909: synonym of Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Siphonaria cyaneomaculata (Sowerby III, 1906): synonym of Siphonaria concinna Sowerby I, 1823
  • Siphonaria deflexa (Helbling, 1779): synonym of Siphonaria concinna G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
  • Siphonaria grisea Gmelin: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Siphonaria inculta Gould, 1846: synonym of Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Siphonaria intermedia Schrenck, 1867: synonym of Siphonaria sipho G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 accepted as Siphonaria javanica (Lamarck, 1819) (unavailable: not Siphonaria intermedia Murray, 1857)
  • Siphonaria jonasi Dunker, 1853: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Siphonaria lecanium Philippi, 1846: synonym of Siphonaria maura G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Siphonaria lineolata d'Orbigny, 1842: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Siphonaria macauleyensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of Siphonaria raoulensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  • Siphonaria mouret Sowerby G.B. I, 1825: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Siphonaria mouretus de Blainville, 1824: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Siphonaria natalensis Krauss, 1848: synonym of Siphonaria serrata (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) (junior synonym)
  • Siphonaria naufraga Stearns, 1872: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Siphonaria nigerrima E. A. Smith, 1903: synonym of Siphonaria carbo Hanley, 1858
  • Siphonaria nuttallii Hanley, 1858: synonym of Siphonaria normalis Gould, 1846
  • Siphonaria obliquata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Benhamina obliquata (Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Siphonaria palmata Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Siphonaria lecanium var. palmata Carpenter, 1857 (taxon inquirendum)
  • Siphonaria redimiculum Reeve, 1856: synonym of Kerguelenella lateralis (Gould, 1846)
  • Siphonaria sipho G.B. Sowerby I, 1830: synonym of Siphonaria javanica (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Siphonaria stellata Blainville, 1827: synonym of Siphonaria laciniosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Siphonaria stowae Verco, 1906: synonym of Pugillaria stowae (Verco, 1906)
  • Siphonaria striatocostata Dunker, 1846: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Siphonaria tenuicostulata Smith: synonym of Siphonaria carbo Hanley, 1858
  • Siphonaria variabilis Krauss, 1848: synonym of Siphonaria concinna Sowerby I, 1823
  • Siphonaria virgulata Hedley, 1915: synonym of Siphonaria funiculata Reeve, 1856
  • Siphonaria zebra Reeve, 1856: synonym of Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2012). Siphonaria. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138489 on 2012-07-04
  2. ^ WoRMS: Siphonaria