Siphonaria compressa
Siphonaria compressa is a species of small, air-breathing sea snail. It is a pulmonate limpet, a gastropod in the Siphonariidae family.
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Distribution
It is endemic to South Africa.
A further site for this false limpet was discovered in 2004 in the Knysna River estuary (S34 03:E23 03) South Africa by Dr B. R. Allanson (the original describer of the species).[2]
Ecology
This small false limpet lives on the leaves of the marine plant, eelgrass.[3]
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References
- Kilburn R. N. (1996). "Siphonaria compressa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T20268A9182352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20268A9182352.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- Allanson B. R. & Herbert D. G. (2005). "A newly discovered population of the critically endangered false limpet Siphonaria compressa Allanson, 1958 (Pulmonata: Siphonariidae) with observations on its reproductive biology". South African Journal of Science. 101 (1/2): 95–97. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- Allanson B. R. & Msizi S. C. (2010). "Reproduction and growth of the endangered siphonariid limpet Siphonaria compressa (Pulmonata: Basommatophora)". Invertebrate Reproduction & Development. 54 (3): 151–161. doi:10.1080/07924259.2010.9652327.
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