Siphonaria gigas

Siphonaria gigas
Five views of a shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata
Family:	Siphonariidae
Genus:	Siphonaria
Species:	S. gigas
Binomial name
Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 Dorsal view of a shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 Apertural view of shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 Profile view of shell of Siphonaria gigas G.B. Sowerby I, 1825

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.^[1]

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 32 mm and 84 mm.

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Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off Acapulco, Mexico, to Northern Peru; off the Galápagos Islands.

References[]

• Dayrat, B.; Goulding, T. C.; White, T. R. (2014). Diversity of Indo-West Pacific Siphonaria (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura). Zootaxa. 3779(2): 246-276

External links[]

• "Siphonaria (Heterosiphonaria) gigas". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.