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 > Genus Siphonaria

Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Siphonaria*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1823	accepted genus name
*Mouretus*	Blainville, 1825	synonym

Species group names

*Mouretus adansonii*	Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Patella grisea*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Siphonaria adansonii*	(Blainville, 1825)	synonym
*Siphonaria algesirae*	Quoy & Gaimard, 1833	synonym
*Siphonaria algesirae var. depressa*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Siphonaria grisea*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Siphonaria jonasii*	Dunker, 1846	synonym
*Siphonaria mouret*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1825	synonym
*Siphonaria mouret var. conica*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Siphonaria mouret var. minor*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Siphonaria mouret var. nigra*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Siphonaria mouretus*	Blainville, 1824	synonym
*Siphonaria striatocostata*	Dunker, 1846	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: striped false limpet sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gestreifte Unechte Napfschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Giribet G. & Kawauchi G.K. (2016). How many species of Siphonaria pectinata (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) are there?. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 82(1): 137–143.
additional source	Ocaña T.M.J. & Emson R.H. (1999). Maturation, spawning and development in Siphonaria pectinata Linnaeus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) at Gibraltar. Journal of Molluscan Studies 65(2): 185-193
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Craig, A. K., Dobkin, S., Grimm, R. B. & Davidson, J. B. (1969). The gastropod, Siphonaria pectinata: a factor in destruction of beach rock. American Zoologist. 9(3): 895-901.
additional source	Kraeuter, J. N. (1973). Notes on the mollusks Ostrea and Siphonaria from Georgia (U.S.A.). The Nautilus. 87(3): 75-77, fig. 1 (map).
additional source	Kawauchi G.Y. & Giribet G. 2011. On the amphi-atlantic Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Siphonariidae): invader from the east or endemic? Journal of Molluscan Studies, 77(2): 196-201.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:141470