''Siphonaria lessonii'', is a

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pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the

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Siphonariidae Siphonariidae, also known as false limpets, are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing sea snails, marine and brackish water pulmonate gastropod molluscs. __TOC__ Shell description Empty siphonariid limpet shells can ...

, the false limpets.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

Distribution

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.

Description

The length of the shell attains 16.5 mm.

References

External links

Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1827). Siphonaire, Siphonaria (Malacoz.), pp. 291-296, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 49. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris

Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston. 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16

Philippi, R. A. (1855). Observaciones sobre las conchas Magallanes. Anales de la Universidad de Chile. 1855(5): 203–213 Güller M., Zelaya D.G. & Ituarte C. (2016). How many Siphonaria species (Gastropoda: Euthyneura) live in southern South America?. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 82(1): 80-96.

Dayrat, B.; Goulding, T. C.; White, T. R. (2014). Diversity of Indo-West Pacific Siphonaria (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura). Zootaxa. 3779(2): 246-276
Siphonariidae Gastropods described in 1824 {{Siphonariidae-stub