Siphonaria zelandica
| Siphonaria zelandica | |
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| 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.
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Ventral view of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica showing the siphonal groove on the right
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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