Kingdom Animalia Family Siphonariidae Genus Siphonaria | Class Gastropoda Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Siphonaria, Siphonariidae, Siphonaria normalis, Siphonaria pectinata, Siphonaria diemenensis | ||
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.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 32 mm and 84 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Acapulco, Mexico, to Northern Peru; off the Galápagos Islands.
References
Siphonaria gigas Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA