Nacella kerguelenensis
| 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) | |
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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