Siphonaria gigas

Siphonaria gigas
Five views of a shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Siphonariida
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Siphonaria
Species:
S. gigas
Binomial name
Siphonaria gigas
G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
Dorsal view of a shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
Apertural view of shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
Profile view of shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825

Siphonaria gigas, common name the giant false limpet, is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 32 mm and 84 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Acapulco, Mexico, to Northern Peru; off the Galápagos Islands.

References

  1. ^ Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 August 2011.
  • "Siphonaria (Heterosiphonaria) gigas". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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