Kerguelenella lateralis

Kerguelenella lateralis is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.[1]

Kerguelenella lateralis
Kerguelenella lateralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Siphonarioidea
Family:
Siphonariidae
Genus:
Kerguelenella
Species:
K. lateralis
Binomial name
Kerguelenella lateralis
(Gould, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Siphonaria lateralis Gould, 1846
  • Siphonaria magellanica Philippi, R.A., 1855
  • Siphonaria redimiculum Reeve, L.A., 1856
  • Kerguelenia macquariensis Powell, 1939
  • Kerguelenia lateralis macquariensis (Powell, 1955
  • Kerguelenella lateralis Dell, 1964

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the cold waters at the southern tip of South America and along South Georgia and along the southern tip of New Zealand

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References
  1. WoRMS (2010). Kerguelenella lateralis (Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197197 on 2010-12-19
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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