Western Atlantic Striped False Limpet

Siphonaria naufragum

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Siphonariida
Family: Siphonariidae

Siphonaria naufragum is a species of air-breathing sea snail, or false limpet, a marine heterobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae. Distribution It is found in intertidal zones of rocky shores within Florida, the Florida Keys, and the Gulf of Mexico. Taxonomic status Siphonaria naufragum was initially thought to be a widespread species with an amphiatlantic distribution, Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 612Mexico · 8

Sources and credits

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Western Atlantic Striped False Limpet

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