Nacella kerguelenensis

Nacella kerguelenensis is a southern, cold-water species of limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, the true limpets.

Nacella kerguelenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Nacelloidea
Family:
Nacellidae
Genus:
Nacella
Species:
N. kerguelenensis
Binomial name
Nacella kerguelenensis
(Smith, 1877)

Distribution

This true limpet is endemic to Australia's sub-Antarctic Macquarie, Heard, and McDonald islands, and France's Kerguélen Islands.

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References
    • Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
    • Australian Government


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