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Siphonaria compressa
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Siphonaria compressa is a species of small, air-breathing sea snail. It is a pulmonate limpet, a gastropod in the Siphonariidae family.
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Distribution
It is endemic to South Africa.
A further site for this false limpet was discovered in 2004 in the Knysna River estuary (S34 03:E23 03) South Africa by Dr B. R. Allanson (the original describer of the species).[2]
Description
The length of the shell is 4-4.5 mm.[3] It is the smallest species of Siphonariidae.[3]
Ecology
This small false limpet lives on the leaves of the marine plant, eelgrass.[3]
References
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