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.
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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 Kuroda & Habe, 1971 - Anthosiphonaria sirius - Aporemodon Robson, 1913 Benhamina Finlay, 1927 - with the only one species Benhamina obliquata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Ellsiphon Iredale, 1940 Hebesiphon Iredale, 1940 Heterosiphonaria Hubendick, 1945 Hubendickula McAlpine, 1952 Kerguelenella Powell, 1946 - synonym: Kerguelenia Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 Legosiphon Iredale, 1940 Mallorisiphon Iredale, 1940 Mestosiphon Iredale, 1940 Pachysiphonaria Hubendick, 1945 Parellsiphon Iredale, 1940 Patellopsis Nobre, 1886 Pugillaria Iredale, 1924 Siphonacmaea Habe, 1958 Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 - type genus of the family Siphonariidae Talisiphon Iredale, 1940 Williamia Monterosato, 1884 - synonyms: Allerya Mörch, 1877; Brondelia Bourguignat, 1862; Parascutum Cossmann, 1890; Roya Iredale, 1912; Scutulum Monterosato, 1877. Genera brought into synonymy Allerya Mörch, 1877: synonym of Williamia Monterosato, 1884 Brondelia Bourguignat, 1862: synonym of Williamia Monterosato, 1884 Ductosiphonaria Hubendick, 1945: synonym of Siphonaria Sowerby I, 1823 Kerguelenia Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889: synonym of Kerguelenella Powell, 1946 Liriola Dall, 1870: synonym of Siphonaria Sowerby I, 1823 Mouretus Blainville, 1824: synonym of Siphonaria Sowerby I, 1823 Parascutum Cossmann, 1890: synonym of Williamia Monterosato, 1884 Planesiphon Zilch, 1959: synonym of Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 Roya Iredale, 1912: synonym of Williamia Monterosato, 1884 Scutulum Monterosato, 1877: synonym of Williamia Monterosato, 1884 Siphonacmaea [sic] : synonym of Siphonacmea Habe, 1958
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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