False Limpets belong in the group known as pulmonates, meaning 'lung breathing'. They trap air under their shell when water covers them during high tides so that they can still breathe. They are likely to have had terrestrial ancestors. The shell is conical, wider than high, with straight, white ridges that radiate from the centre to the edge. Inside of shell brownors

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Habitat Exposed rocks at all tide levels
Size Shell up to 3 cm long
Origin Endemic
Distribution Southern Australia
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia
Habitat
Exposed rocks at all tide levels
Size
Shell up to 3 cm long
Common Name Air-breathing Limpet
Aliases common siphon-shell,
Origin Endemic
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassHeterobranchia
SuperorderSiphonarimorpha
SuperfamilySiphonarioidea
FamilySiphonariidae
GenusSiphonaria
SpeciesSiphonaria diemenensis
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