Siphonaria diemenensis

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

Siphonaria diemenensis
Apertural view of a shell of Siphonaria diemenensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Siphonariida
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Siphonaria
Species:
S. diemenensis
Binomial name
Siphonaria diemenensis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Dorsal view of shell of Siphonaria diemenensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Description

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The length of the shell attains 23.1 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Tasmania.

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