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 crenata Blainville, 1827

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1827). Siphonaire, Siphonaria (Malacoz.), pp. 291-296, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 49. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris.
basis of record	Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Russo, G.; Templado, J. (2004). CIESM Atlas of exotic species in the Mediterranean. Vol. 3 Molluscs, 376 pp. Monaco, CIESM Publishers.
additional source	Delongueville C. & Scaillet R. (2010). Importante population de Siphonaria crenata Blainville, 1827 implantée à l'ouest du golfe d'Iskenderun (Turquie). Novapex. 11(1): 8-11.
additional 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.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siphonaria crenata Blainville, 1827. 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:181258