Siliquaria

Taxobox
name = "Siliquaria"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Mesogastropoda
familia = Siliquariidae
genus = "Siliquaria"
genus_authority = Bruguiere, 1789
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Siliquaria" is a genus of sea snails. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Siliquariidae, common name the slit worm snails.

hell description

Snails in this genus have elongated, tubular, loosely spirally coiled shells, with a narrow slit running most of the length. The shells do not have septa.

The operculum in this genus is well developed.

Habitat

These snails are usually found embedded in sponges.

pecies in the genus "Siliquaria"

* "Siliquaria anguina"
* "Siliquaria cumingii" (Mörch)
* "Siliquaria maoria" Powell, 1940
* "Siliquaria modesta" Dall, 1881
* "Siliquaria ponderosa" (Mörch, 1860)
* "Siliquaria squamata" Blainville, 1827
* "Siliquaria trochlearis" (Mörch, 1860)
* "Siliquaria weldii" Tenison Woods, 1876

References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* [http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/dampier/species_view.asp?speciesID=1766 Museum of Western Australia]