Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Siphonarimorpha > Order Siphonariida > Superfamily Siphonarioidea > Family Siphonariidae

Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mouretus*	Blainville, 1825	synonym

Children

Siphonaria belcheri Hanley, 1858
Siphonaria crenata Blainville, 1827
Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Siphonaria savignyi Krauss, 1848

Literature

original description	Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby.
additional source	Hubendick, B. (1946). Systematic monograph of the Patelliformia. Kunglige Svenska Ventenskapsakademiens Handlingar. ser. 3, 23 (5) : 1-93, 20 figs, 6 pls.
additional source	Chambers R.J. & McQuaid C.D.1994. Notes on the taxonomy, spawn and larval development of South African species of the intertidal pulmonate limpet genus Siphonaria (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 60: 263-275.
additional source	Allanson, B. R. (1958). On the systematics and distribution of the molluscan genus Siphonaria in South Africa. Hydrobiologia. 12: 149-180.
additional source	Köhler, A. (1893). Beiträge zur Anatomie der Gattung Siphonaria. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abtheilung fur Anatomie und Ontogenie der Thiere. 7: 1-92, pl. 1-6.
taxonomy source	Jenkins, B.; Köhler, F. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Megataxa. 13(1): 1-217.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138489