Nacella kerguelenensis

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Nacella kerguelenensis
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.304334 - Nacella kerguelenensis (Smith, 1877) - Nacellidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Nacelloidea
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Species:
N. kerguelenensis
Binomial name
Nacella kerguelenensis
(Smith, 1877)

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

Distribution[]

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

References[]

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


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