Siphonaria zelandica

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

Siphonaria zelandica
Dorsal view of a shell of Siphonaria zelandica
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S. zelandica
Binomial name
Siphonaria zelandica
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

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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