Biology:Nacella kerguelenensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Nacella kerguelenensis
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.304334 - Nacella kerguelenensis (Smith, 1877) - Nacellidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Nacella
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

Wikidata ☰ Q6957091 entry