Siphonariidae
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Family: Siphonariidae
Group: Marine Invertebrate, Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Siphonaria thersites | Pacific falselimpet | The Pacific falselimpet, like the leather limpet Leather Limpet (Onchidella borealis), is an air-breathing snail that looks like a limpet. This one, however, comes from a mostly tropical family and is found much lower in the intertidal. Also, it has an actual shell. |