Biology:Siphonaria gigas

Short description: Species of gastropod

Siphonaria gigas
Five views of a shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
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.

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

• Dayrat, B.; Goulding, T. C.; White, T. R. (2014). Diversity of Indo-West Pacific Siphonaria (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura). Zootaxa. 3779(2): 246-276

External links

• "Siphonaria (Heterosiphonaria) gigas" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_8406.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7525689 entry