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Taxonomy
Family:
SIPHONARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Siphonarimorpha (Superorder)
> Siphonariida (Order)
> Siphonarioidea (Superfamily)
> Siphonariidae (Family)
> Siphonaria (Genus)
> propria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Kerguelenella Powell, 1946
=Kerguelenia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) Powell, 1946
=Siphonaria (Siphonaria) G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
Synonymised Names:
=siphonaria cookiana of authors
Images: Siphonaria propria Jenkins, 1983
Papatowai, Catlins. Mary Agnes Wotton Collection
Holotype, collected south side Kaikoura Peninsula, Canterbury, NZ (M.077363). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SIPHONARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Siphonarimorpha (Superorder)
> Siphonariida (Order)
> Siphonarioidea (Superfamily)
> Siphonariidae (Family)
> Siphonaria (Genus)
> propria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Kerguelenella Powell, 1946
=Kerguelenia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) Powell, 1946
=Siphonaria (Siphonaria) G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
Synonymised Names:
=siphonaria cookiana of authors
Details: Siphonaria propria Jenkins, 1983
Size/Grows to:
Length 19mm, Width 14.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Type Data:
  • South side Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Siphon Limpet, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
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References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S. Nov/1998 Growth Series Siphonaria propria Jenkins 1983, Poirieria, 23 (p.10)
  • Jenkins, B.W. 1983 Redescriptions and relationships of Siphonaria zelandica Quoy & Gaimard to S. australis Quoy & Gaimard with a description of S. propria sp. nov. (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Siphonariidae), Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 6 (p.11) Original Description
  • Walsby, J.R., Morton, J.E. 1982 Chitons, Limpets & Topshells & Pulmonates (Amphineura, Archaeogastropoda & Pulmonata), Marine Molluscs, University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, 1 (p.80)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.292)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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