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

Siphonariidae J. E. Gray, 1827

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
Williamia Monterosato, 1884

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: false limpets sources: MASDEA (1997).
 Japanese: カラマツガイ／コウダカカラマツガイ科

Literature

original description

Gray, J. E. (1825-1827). [Names on plate legends]: pl. [2] [1 June 1825]; pl. 4[6] [August 1827]; pls [3], [5] [1 December 1827]. In: Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. London.

additional source

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].

status source

White, T. R., Conrad, M. M., Tseng, R., Balayan, S., Golding, R., de Frias Martins, A. M. & Dayrat, B. A. (2011). Ten new complete mitochondrial genomes of pulmonates (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and their impact on phylogenetic relationships. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 295.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siphonariidae J. E. Gray, 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:23118

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-10-23 by Kurt Auffenberg

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