Siphonaria gigas explained

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.

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