Biology:Siphonaria diemenensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Siphonaria diemenensis
Siphonaria diemenensis 1.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Siphonaria diemenensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Siphonariida
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Siphonaria
Species:
S. diemenensis
Binomial name
Siphonaria diemenensis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

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

Dorsal view of shell of Siphonaria diemenensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Description

The length of the shell attains 23.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tasmania.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3077733 entry