Siphonaria stewartiana is a species of air-breathing sea snail, a false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.[1]
| Siphonaria stewartiana | |
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| Holotype from the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Siphonariida |
| Family: | Siphonariidae |
| Genus: | Siphonaria |
| Species: | S. stewartiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Siphonaria stewartiana (Powell, 1939)
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and the Kerguelens
References
edit- ^ Marshall, B. (2015). Siphonaria stewartiana. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850630 on 2016-04-01
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
External links
edit- "Siphonaria (Kerguelenia) stewartiana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.