Siphonaria compressa
| Siphonaria compressa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Siphonariida |
| Family: | Siphonariidae |
| Genus: | Siphonaria |
| Species: | S. compressa
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| Binomial name | |
| Siphonaria compressa Allanson, 1958
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Siphonaria compressa is a species of small, air-breathing sea snail. It is a pulmonate limpet, a gastropod in the Siphonariidae family.
Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]The length of the shell is 4-4.5 mm.[3] It is the smallest species of Siphonariidae.[3]
Ecology
[edit]This small false limpet lives on the leaves of the marine plant, eelgrass.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Kilburn, R.N. (1996). "Siphonaria compressa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20268A9182352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20268A9182352.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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. Bibcode:2010InvRD..54..151A. doi:10.1080/07924259.2010.9652327.