Siphonaria zelandica

Siphonaria zelandica
Dorsal view of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Siphonarioidea
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Siphonaria
Species: S. zelandica
Binomial name
Siphonaria zelandica
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Siphonaria zelandica is a species of medium-sized air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.

Ventral view of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica showing the siphonal groove on the right

References

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