Siphonaria Explained

Siphonaria is a genus of air-breathing sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.^[1]

Distribution

This genus occurs worldwide in most tropical and temperate seas.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included in the genus Siphonaria ^[2]

• Siphonaria acmaeoides Pilsbry, 1894
• Siphonaria acuta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria aequilirata Carpenter, 1857
• Siphonaria aequilorata Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria alba Hubendick, 1943
• Siphonaria albicante Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria alternata Say, 1826
• Siphonaria alternicosta Potiez & Michaud, 1838
• Siphonaria asghar Biggs, 1958
• Siphonaria atra Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria basseinensis Melvill, 1893
• Siphonaria belcheri Hanley, 1858
• Siphonaria bifurcata Reeve, 1856
• † Siphonaria bisiphites Michelin, 1831
• Siphonaria brannani Stearns, 1872
• Siphonaria brasiliana Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria brunnea Hanley, 1858
• Siphonaria capensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria carbo Hanley, 1858
• Siphonaria characteristica Reeve, 1842
• Siphonaria chirura Pilsbry, 1920
• Siphonaria compressa Allanson, 1958
• Siphonaria concinna Sowerby, 1830
• Siphonaria corallina Christiaens, 1980
• Siphonaria corrugata Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria corrumbinensis Hubendick, 1955
• † Siphonaria costaria (Deshayes, 1824)
• Siphonaria costata G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
• † Siphonaria crassicostata Deshayes, 1861
• Siphonaria crenata de Blainville, 1827
• Siphonaria dayi Allanson, 1958
• Siphonaria denticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria diemenensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria elatior Schrenck, 1867
• Siphonaria exulum Hanley, 1858
• Siphonaria ferruginea Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria fuegiensis Güller, Zelaya & Ituarte, 2015
• Siphonaria funiculata Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria gigas Sowerby, 1825 - giant false limpet
• † Siphonaria glabrata de Raincourt, 1876
• Siphonaria guamensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria henica Verrill & Bush, 1900
• Siphonaria hispida Hubendick, 1946
• Siphonaria incerta Deshayes, 1863
• Siphonaria innocuus (Iredale, 1940)
• Siphonaria innominata (Iredale, 1915)
• † Siphonaria irregularis Sacco, 1897
• Siphonaria japonica (Donovan, 1824)
• Siphonaria javanica (Lamarck, 1819)
• Siphonaria jeanae Jenkins, 1984
• Siphonaria kurracheensis (Reeve, 1856)
• Siphonaria laciniosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siphonaria laeviuscula G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
• Siphonaria lateralis Gould, 1846
• † Siphonaria laubrierei Cossmann, 1889
• Siphonaria lepida Gould, 1848
• Siphonaria lessonii Blainville, 1824
• † Siphonaria liancurtensis Cossmann, 1892
• Siphonaria lineolata G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
• Siphonaria macgillivrayi Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria macquariensis (Powell, 1939)
• Siphonaria madagascarensis Ohdner, 1919
• Siphonaria maura Sowerby, 1835
• Siphonaria naufragum Stearns, 1872
• Siphonaria normalis Gould, 1846
• Siphonaria oculus Krauss
• Siphonaria parcicostata Deshayes, 1863
• Siphonaria parma Hanley, 1858
• Siphonaria pascua Rehder, 1980
• † Siphonaria paucidigitata Cossmann, 1907
• Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) - striped false limpet
• Siphonaria percea (Iredale, 1940)
• Siphonaria pica G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
• Siphonaria pisangensis Hubendick, 1947
• Siphonaria placentula Menke, 1853
• Siphonaria plicata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• † Siphonaria polygona (Michelotti, 1847)
• Siphonaria propria Jenkins, 1983
• Siphonaria punctata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria raoulensis Oliver, 1915
• Siphonaria redimiculum Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria rosea Hubendick, 1943
• Siphonaria rucuana Pilsbry, 1904
• Siphonaria savignyi Krauss, 1848
• Siphonaria serrata (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
• Siphonaria siquijorensis Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria sirius Pilsbry, 1894
• † Siphonaria spectabilis Deshayes, 1861
• Siphonaria stellata (Helbling, 1779)
• Siphonaria stewartiana (Powell, 1939)
• Siphonaria subatra Pilsbry, 1904
• Siphonaria subrugosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
• Siphonaria tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876
• Siphonaria tenuis Philippi, 1860
• Siphonaria thersites Carpenter, 1864
• Siphonaria tongensis Hubendick, 1943
• † Siphonaria tournoueri Vasseur, 1881
• Siphonaria tristensis (Leach, 1824)
• † Siphonaria vasconiensis Michelin, 1831
• Siphonaria venosa Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria viridis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• † Siphonaria vulcanica Harzhauser, Landau & Breitenberger, 2017
• Siphonaria williamsi Berry, 1969
• † Siphonaria xinglongtaiensis Youluo, 1978
• Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Taxa inquerenda:

• Siphonaria adjacens W. H. Turton, 1932
• † Siphonaria alpinula Mayer, 1870
• Siphonaria angulata Gray, 1825
• Siphonaria becki W. H. Turton, 1932
• Siphonaria conica Blainville, 1827
• Siphonaria coreensis A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 (taxon inquirendum)
• Siphonaria depressa Pease, 1862
• Siphonaria depressior Schrenck, 1867
• Siphonaria fuliginata Reeve, 1856
• † Siphonaria granicosta Cossmann, 1895
• Siphonaria kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932
• Siphonaria luzonica Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria melanozonias (Gmelin, 1791)
• Siphonaria nigra Pallary, 1900
• Siphonaria oblivirgulata Hubendick, 1943
• Siphonaria opalescens Davis, 1904
• Siphonaria pallida Allanson, 1958
• Siphonaria palmata Carpenter, 1857
• Siphonaria palpebrum Reeve, 1856
• † Siphonaria penjinae Dall, 1893
• Siphonaria picta d'Orbigny, 1839
• Siphonaria plana Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (nomen dubium)
• Siphonaria radiata Gray, 1824
• Siphonaria scabra Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria sowerbyi Michelin, 1832
• † Siphonaria xinglongtaiensis Youluo, 1978

Species brought into synonymy:

• Siphonaria adansonii de Blainville, 1827: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siphonaria algesirae Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siphonaria amara Reeve, 1856: synonym of Siphonaria normalis Gould, 1846
• Siphonaria amphibia W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of Siphonaria raoulensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
• Siphonaria anneae Tomlin, 1944: synonym of Siphonaria carbo Hanley, 1858
• Siphonaria aspera Krauss, 1848: synonym of Siphonaria serrata (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
• Siphonaria baconi Reeve, 1856: synonym of Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria blainvillei Hanley, 1858: synonym of Siphonaria funiculata Reeve, 1856 (junior synonym)
• Siphonaria cancer Reeve, 1856: synonym of Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria cheesemani W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of Siphonaria raoulensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
• Siphonaria cochleariformis Reeve, 1856: synonym of Siphonaria japonica (Donovan, 1824) (nomen dubium, doubtful synonym)
• Siphonaria cookiana Suter, 1909: synonym of Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria cyaneomaculata (Sowerby III, 1906): synonym of Siphonaria concinna Sowerby I, 1823
• Siphonaria deflexa (Helbling, 1779): synonym of Siphonaria concinna G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
• Siphonaria grisea Gmelin: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siphonaria inculta Gould, 1846: synonym of Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Siphonaria intermedia Schrenck, 1867: synonym of Siphonaria sipho G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 accepted as Siphonaria javanica (Lamarck, 1819) (unavailable: not Siphonaria intermedia Murray, 1857)
• Siphonaria jonasi Dunker, 1853: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siphonaria lecanium Philippi, 1846: synonym of Siphonaria maura G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 (junior subjective synonym)
• Siphonaria lineolata d'Orbigny, 1842: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siphonaria macauleyensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of Siphonaria raoulensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
• Siphonaria mouret Sowerby G.B. I, 1825: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siphonaria mouretus de Blainville, 1824: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siphonaria natalensis Krauss, 1848: synonym of Siphonaria serrata (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) (junior synonym)
• Siphonaria naufraga Stearns, 1872: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siphonaria nigerrima E. A. Smith, 1903: synonym of Siphonaria carbo Hanley, 1858
• Siphonaria nuttallii Hanley, 1858: synonym of Siphonaria normalis Gould, 1846
• Siphonaria obliquata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Benhamina obliquata (Sowerby I, 1825)
• Siphonaria palmata Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Siphonaria lecanium var. palmata Carpenter, 1857 (taxon inquirendum)
• Siphonaria redimiculum Reeve, 1856: synonym of Kerguelenella lateralis (Gould, 1846)
• Siphonaria sipho G.B. Sowerby I, 1830: synonym of Siphonaria javanica (Lamarck, 1819)
• Siphonaria stellata Blainville, 1827: synonym of Siphonaria laciniosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siphonaria stowae Verco, 1906: synonym of Pugillaria stowae (Verco, 1906)
• Siphonaria striatocostata Dunker, 1846: synonym of Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siphonaria tenuicostulata Smith: synonym of Siphonaria carbo Hanley, 1858
• Siphonaria variabilis Krauss, 1848: synonym of Siphonaria concinna Sowerby I, 1823
• Siphonaria virgulata Hedley, 1915: synonym of Siphonaria funiculata Reeve, 1856
• Siphonaria zebra Reeve, 1856: synonym of Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2012). Siphonaria. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138489 on 2012-07-04
2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist WoRMS: Siphonaria