Siphonaria compressa

Siphonaria compressa is a species of small, air-breathing sea snail. It is a pulmonate limpet, a gastropod in the Siphonariidae family.

Siphonaria compressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Siphonarioidea
Family:
Siphonariidae
Genus:
Siphonaria
Species:
S. compressa
Binomial name
Siphonaria compressa
Allanson, 1958

Distribution

It is endemic to South Africa.

A further site for this false limpet was discovered in 2004 in the Knysna River estuary (S34 03:E23 03) South Africa by Dr B. R. Allanson (the original describer of the species).[2]

Description

The length of the shell is 4-4.5 mm.[3] It is the smallest species of Siphonariidae.[3]

Ecology

This small false limpet lives on the leaves of the marine plant, eelgrass.[3]

References
  1. Kilburn R. N. (1996). "Siphonaria compressa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T20268A9182352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20268A9182352.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Allanson B. R. & Herbert D. G. (2005). "A newly discovered population of the critically endangered false limpet Siphonaria compressa Allanson, 1958 (Pulmonata: Siphonariidae) with observations on its reproductive biology". South African Journal of Science. 101 (1/2): 95–97. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  3. Allanson B. R. & Msizi S. C. (2010). "Reproduction and growth of the endangered siphonariid limpet Siphonaria compressa (Pulmonata: Basommatophora)". Invertebrate Reproduction & Development. 54 (3): 151–161. doi:10.1080/07924259.2010.9652327.


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