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Siphonaria lessonii

Siphonaria lessonii

Blainville, 1827
Lapa Pulmonada

Family: Siphonariidae
Order: Siphonariida
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum / Division: Mollusca
Kingdom: Animalia

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Synonyms: Siphonaria lessoni.





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Siphonaria lessonii, is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.

Distribution: This marine species occurs from Rocha (Uruguay) to Cape Horn and the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, through the Beagle Channel and Magellan Strait, north to Chiloé Island (Chile) in the Pacific Ocean. Published references extend the distributional range of this species to Santa Catarina, Brazil, in the Atlantic Ocean (Rios, 1994) and to Paita, Peru, in the Pacific (Morrison, 1963), with an additional report from Nicaragua (Dall, 1909); however, these records require confirmation.

 The length of the shell attains 16.5 mm.

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Source: Wikipedia, article Siphonaria lessonii. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.





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Count: 19

Foto
Photography ID: 662695
  Adult

Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/04/2023
Jorge Iriberri
Foto
Photography ID: 662693
  Adult

Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/04/2023
Jorge Iriberri
Foto
Photography ID: 527377
  Adult

Isla Escondida
Chubut
Argentina
01/24/2023
Diego Alfonso Rosa
Foto
Photography ID: 497008
 
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/17/2020
Lucas Rubio
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Photography ID: 456639
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Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/10/2021
Florencia L. Musso
Foto
Photography ID: 395458
  Adult

Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/15/2015
Diego Alfonso Rosa
Foto
Photography ID: 330321
  Adult

Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/04/2019
Jorge Iriberri
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Photography ID: 190390
  Adult

Niebla
Región de Los Ríos
Chile
01/21/2017
Nicolas Olejnik



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Species records

Count: 28



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239890304/06/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresCosta rocosa, Mar del PlataJorge Iriberri
173235224/01/2023ArgentinaChubutIsla EscondidaDiego Alfonso Rosa
154787916/02/2022ArgentinaChubutPuerto MadrynNicolas Olejnik
152293216/12/2021ArgentinaTierra del FuegoBahía Lapataia, Parque Nacional Tierra del FuegoHugo Caverzasi
146190406/09/2021ArgentinaChubutPuerto Pirámides, Área Natural Protegida Península ValdésManuel Godoy
144308410/08/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresCosta cerca Santa Clara, Mar del PlataFlorencia L. Musso
159700917/03/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar del PlataLucas Rubio
114977510/12/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresClaromecó, Partido de Tres ArroyosAnalía Belaus
91865304/05/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera al mar, Mar ChiquitaJorge Iriberri
91016118/04/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresPlayas La Perla, Mar del PlataNicolas Olejnik
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Siphonaria lessonii – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.