Siphonaria capensis Cape False Limpet

Siphonaria capensis is commonly referred to as Cape False Limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

17678 

AphiaID:

215285 

Scientific:

Siphonaria capensis 

German:

Kap-Siphonschnecke, Falsche Kap-Napfschnecke 

English:

Cape False Limpet 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Siphonariida (Order) > Siphonariidae (Family) > Siphonaria (Genus) > capensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 

Occurrence:

Mozambique, Namibia, South-Africa 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Siphonaria acmaeoides
• Siphonaria acuta
• Siphonaria aequilirata
• Siphonaria alba
• Siphonaria albicante
• Siphonaria alternata
• Siphonaria alternicosta
• Siphonaria asghar
• Siphonaria atra
• 
  Siphonaria australis
  Australische Siphonschnecke
• Siphonaria basseinensis
• Siphonaria becki
• Siphonaria belcheri
• Siphonaria bifurcata
• Siphonaria blainvillei
• Siphonaria brannani
• Siphonaria brasiliana
• Siphonaria brunnea
• 
  Siphonaria capensis
  Kap-Siphonschnecke, Falsche Kap-Napfschnecke
• Siphonaria carbo
• Siphonaria characteristica
• Siphonaria chirura
• Siphonaria compressa
• 
  Siphonaria concinna
  Falsche Kap-Napfschnecke, Siphonschnecke
• Siphonaria corallina
• Siphonaria coreensis
• Siphonaria corrugata
• Siphonaria corrumbinensis
• Siphonaria costata
• Siphonaria crenata
• Siphonaria dayi
• Siphonaria denticulata
• 
  Siphonaria diemenensis
  Van Diemen's Siphonschnecke
• Siphonaria elatior
• Siphonaria exulum
• Siphonaria fuegiensis
• 
  Siphonaria funiculata
  Siphonschnecke
• Siphonaria gigas
• Siphonaria guamensis
• Siphonaria henica
• Siphonaria hispida
• Siphonaria incerta
• Siphonaria innocuus
• Siphonaria innominata
• Siphonaria intermedia
• Siphonaria japonica
• Siphonaria javanica
• Siphonaria jeanae
• Siphonaria kowiensis
• Siphonaria kurracheensis
• Siphonaria laciniosa
• Siphonaria laeviuscula
• Siphonaria lateralis
• Siphonaria lecanium
• Siphonaria lepida
• Siphonaria lessonii
• Siphonaria lineolata
• Siphonaria macgillivrayi
• Siphonaria madagascarensis
• Siphonaria maura
• Siphonaria natalensis
• Siphonaria naufragum
• Siphonaria normalis
• Siphonaria obliquata
• Siphonaria oculus
• Siphonaria parcicostata
• Siphonaria parma
• Siphonaria pascua
• Siphonaria pectinata
• Siphonaria percea
• Siphonaria petersenii
• Siphonaria pica
• Siphonaria pisangensis
• Siphonaria placentula
• Siphonaria plicata
• Siphonaria propria
• Siphonaria punctata
• Siphonaria raoulensis
• Siphonaria redimiculum
• Siphonaria rosea
• Siphonaria rucuana
• Siphonaria savignyi
• Siphonaria serrata
• Siphonaria sirius
• Siphonaria sparrowii
• Siphonaria stellata
• Siphonaria stewartiana
• Siphonaria subatra
• Siphonaria subrugosa
• 
  Siphonaria tasmanica
  Tasmanische Siphonschnecke
• Siphonaria tenuis
• Siphonaria thersites
• Siphonaria tongensis
• Siphonaria tristensis
• Siphonaria variabilis
• Siphonaria venosa
• Siphonaria viridis
• Siphonaria williamsi
• Siphonaria zelandica
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-08-27 12:51:18 

Last edit:

2025-08-27 13:10:10 

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