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Siphonaria lessonii

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Siphonaria lessonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Siphonariida
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Siphonaria
Species:
S. lessonii
Binomial name
Siphonaria lessonii
Synonyms[1]

Siphonaria antarctica Gould, 1852 Siphonaria magellanica Philippi, 1855

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.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs from Rocha (Uruguay) to Cape Horn and the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, through the Beagle Channel and Magellan Strait, north to Chiloé Island (Chile) in the Pacific Ocean. Published references extend the distributional range of this species to Santa Catarina, Brazil, in the Atlantic Ocean (Rios, 1994) and to Paita, Peru´ , in the Pacific (Morrison, 1963), with an additional report from Nicaragua (Dall, 1909); however, these records require confirmation.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 16.5 mm.

Dorsal view.
Apertural view.
Lateral view.

References

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  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
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Siphonaria lessonii Blainville, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533427 on 2022-06-09
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