Siphonaria compressa


Siphonaria compressa is a species of small, air-breathing sea snail. It is a pulmonate limpet, a gastropod in the Siphonariidae family.

Distribution

It is endemic to List of [marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa|South Africa].
A further site for this false limpet was discovered in 2004 in the Knysna River estuary South Africa by Dr B. R. Allanson.

Description

The length of the shell is 4-4.5 mm. It is the smallest species of Siphonariidae.

Ecology

This small false limpet lives on the leaves of the marine plant, eelgrass.