Siphonariidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing sea snails, marine and brackish water pulmonate gastropod molluscs. These snails are sometimes known as "false limpets" because of the shape of the shell, but they are not at all closely related to true limpets.
Empty siphonariid limpet shells can be distinguished from true limpet shells by examining the interior. In the siphonariids there is a well-marked lateral groove on the right side of the shell, and a corresponding interruption of the ring of muscle attachment scars. These markers show the positioning of the pneumostome or pulmonary orifice.
Genera in the family Siphonariidae include:
Anthosiphonaria Kuroda & Habe, 1971 - [1]Anthosiphonaria sirius - [2]Aporemodon Robson, 1913Benhamina Finlay, 1927 - with the only one species Benhamina obliquata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)Ellsiphon Iredale, 1940Hebesiphon Iredale, 1940Heterosiphonaria Hubendick, 1945Hubendickula McAlpine, 1952Kerguelenella Powell, 1946 - synonym: Kerguelenia Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889Legosiphon Iredale, 1940Mallorisiphon Iredale, 1940Mestosiphon Iredale, 1940Pachysiphonaria Hubendick, 1945Parellsiphon Iredale, 1940Patellopsis Nobre, 1886Pugillaria Iredale, 1924Siphonacmaea Habe, 1958Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 - type genus of the family SiphonariidaeTalisiphon Iredale, 1940Williamia Monterosato, 1884 - synonyms: Allerya Mörch, 1877; Brondelia Bourguignat, 1862; Parascutum Cossmann, 1890; Roya Iredale, 1912; Scutulum Monterosato, 1877.Genera brought into synonymyAllerya Mörch, 1877: synonym of Williamia Monterosato, 1884Brondelia Bourguignat, 1862: synonym of Williamia Monterosato, 1884Ductosiphonaria Hubendick, 1945: synonym of Siphonaria Sowerby I, 1823Kerguelenia Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889: synonym of Kerguelenella Powell, 1946Liriola Dall, 1870: synonym of Siphonaria Sowerby I, 1823Mouretus Blainville, 1824: synonym of Siphonaria Sowerby I, 1823Parascutum Cossmann, 1890: synonym of Williamia Monterosato, 1884Planesiphon Zilch, 1959: synonym of Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823Roya Iredale, 1912: synonym of Williamia Monterosato, 1884Scutulum Monterosato, 1877: synonym of Williamia Monterosato, 1884Siphonacmaea [sic] : synonym of Siphonacmea Habe, 1958
