Siphonaria compressa

Taxobox
name = "Siphonaria compressa"


status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Basommatophora
familia = Siphonariidae
genus = "Siphonaria"
species = "S. compressa"
binomial = "Siphonaria compressa"
binomial_authority = Allanson, 1958
synonyms =

"Siphonaria compressa" is a species of small, air-breathing sea snail. It is a pulmonate limpet, a gastropod in the Siphonariidae family. It is endemic to South Africa.

ource

* Kilburn, R.N. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20268/all Siphonaria compressa] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.

A further site for this false limpet was discovered in 2004 in the Knysna R. estuary (S34 03:E23 03) South Africa by Dr B R Allanson (the original describer of the species) The relevant publication is: Allanson B R and D G Herbert (2005). A newly discovered population of the critically endangered false limpet "Siphonaria compressa" Allanson, 1958 (Pulmonata: Siphonariidae) with observations on its reproductive biology. South Africa Journal of Science vol 101: 95 - 97.