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Siphonaria australis False Limpet, Common Pulmonate Limpet

Siphonaria australis is commonly referred to as False Limpet, Common Pulmonate Limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Siphonaria australis, on high tital rocks,Auckland, New Zealand 2021


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
13564 
AphiaID:
559230 
Scientific:
Siphonaria australis 
German:
Australische Siphonschnecke 
English:
False Limpet, Common Pulmonate Limpet 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Siphonariida (Order) > Siphonariidae (Family) > Siphonaria (Genus) > australis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, Madagascar, New Zealand, South-Africa 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
2,7 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 59 °F (°C - 15°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Siphonaria acmaeoides
  • Siphonaria acuta
  • Siphonaria aequilirata
  • Siphonaria alba
  • Siphonaria albicante
  • Siphonaria alternata
  • Siphonaria alternicosta
  • Siphonaria asghar
  • Siphonaria atra
  • Siphonaria australis
    Australische Siphonschnecke
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-04 14:07:55 

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Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

This sea slug commonly known as False limpet eats algae.Siphonaria australis can be found in tidal pools,on rocks. Oval, asymmetrical and up to 30 irregular ribs. Shell often encrsted with algae or other animals.

This False limpet grazes on algae on the rocks.It is an air-breathing pulmonate.

Enredmic to NewZealand.

Synonymised names:
Siphonaria cancer Reeve, 1856
Siphonaria cookiana Suter, 1909
Siphonaria inculta Gould, 1848

External links

  1. New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 18.01.2021.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 18.01.2021.

Pictures

Spawn

Siphonaria australis, on high tital rocks,Auckland, New Zealand 2021

Commonly

Siphonaria australis, on high tital rocks,Auckland, New Zealand 2021
Siphonaria australis,New Zealand, Aug.14, 2021
Siphonaria australis.Orewa Beach.Auckland.New Zealand.2020
Siphonaria australis,On low tidal rocks in Maori Bay, Muriwai,2020

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