Siphonaria lessonii

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

Siphonaria lessonii
Siphonaria lessonii in situ
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S. lessonii
Binomial name
Siphonaria lessonii
Synonyms[1]

Siphonaria antarctica Gould, 1852 Siphonaria magellanica Philippi, 1855

Distribution

Description

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References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). Siphonaria lessonii Blainville, 1827. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533427 on 2017-12-07


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