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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)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Kerguelenella Powell, 1946
=Kerguelenia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) Powell, 1946
=Siphonaria (Siphonaria) G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
Synonymised Names:
=Siphonaria cancer Reeve, 1856
=Siphonaria cookiana Suter, 1909
=Siphonaria inculta Gould, 1848
=Siphonaria zelandica of authors
Images: Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
On mid tidal rocks, Tolaga Bay, East Cape, NZ. 24mm
An air-breathing pulmonate, found at and above mid tide level
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)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Kerguelenella Powell, 1946
=Kerguelenia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
=Siphonaria (Kerguelenella) Powell, 1946
=Siphonaria (Siphonaria) G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
Synonymised Names:
=Siphonaria cancer Reeve, 1856
=Siphonaria cookiana Suter, 1909
=Siphonaria inculta Gould, 1848
=Siphonaria zelandica of authors
Details: Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Size/Grows to:
Length 32mm, Width 25mm
Distribution:
Throughout NZ, including Stewart, Chatham and Snares Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Siphon Limpet, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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)
  • Walsby, J.R., Morton, J.E. 1982 Chitons, Limpets & Topshells & Pulmonates (Amphineura, Archaeogastropoda & Pulmonata), Marine Molluscs, University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, 1 (p.79)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.292)
  • Elliott, B.F. Sep/1977 Siphonaria cookiana Suter, Poirieria, 9(2) (p.29)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil