Siphonaria alternata

Author
Say, 1826
Common Names
  • Say's False Limpet

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
0 meters
Overall Geographic Range
N. Carolina to Brazil; Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • grazer
  • rocky intertidal
References

  • Baker, F. C. 1891. Notes on a collection of shells from Southern Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 43: 45–55.

  • Hubendick, B. 1946. Systematic monograph of the Patelliformia. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 3(23): 93 pp., 5 pls.

  • Maury, C. J. 1922. Recent Mollusca of the Gulf of Mexico and Pleistocene and Pliocene species from the Gulf States. Part 2. Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, Amphineura, Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(38): 1–142.

  • Morrison, J. P. E. 1958. Ellobiid and other ecology in Florida. The Nautilus 71(4): 118–124.

  • Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute Publication 54: viii + 183.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-08-2024.

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