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 belcheri Hanley, 1858

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	Hanley, S. (1858). On Siphonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 151–153.
additional source	Albayrak, S.; Çağlar, S. (2006). On the presence of Siphonaria belcheri Hanley, 1858 [Gastropoda: Siphonariidae] and Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758) [Bivalvia: Mytilidae] in the Iskenderun Bay (SE Turkey). Aquatic Invasions. 1(4): 292-294.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
subsequent type designation	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 belcheri Hanley, 1858. 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:761477