Nacella

Nacella
A shell of Nacella magellanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Nacelloidea
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Nacella
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Nacella mytiloides Schumacher, 1817
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Nacella (Patinigera) Dall, 1905
  • Patinella Dall, 1871 (invalid: junior homonym of Patinella Gray, 1848; Patinigera is a replacement name)
  • Patinigera Dall, 1905

Nacella is a southern, cold-water genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.[1]

These limpets are found in the littoral zone and sublittoral zone of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters including (Tierra del Fuego, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island, and Heard and McDonald Islands). The grayish-brown shell is suboval and flattened and the ribbing on the shell is rather flat. The shiny interior of the shell is rust-colored or chocolate-brown.

Species

Species within the genus Nacella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Nacella cernica H. Adams, 1869: synonym of Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1855)
  • Nacella chiloensis (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Nacella magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Nacella compressa Verco, 1906: synonym of Naccula compressa (Verco, 1906)
  • Nacella concinna H. Strebel, 1908 - Antarctic limpert, South Polar limpet: synonym of Nacella polaris (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
  • Nacella crebristriata Verco, 1904: synonym of Asteracmea crebristriata (Verco, 1904)
  • Nacella flexuosa Hutton, 1873: synonym of Cellana radians (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Nacella fuegiensis L. A. Reeve, 1855 - Tierra del Fuego limpet: synonym of Nacella deaurata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Nacella mytiloides Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Nacella mytilina (Helbling, 1779)
  • Nacella parva Angas, 1876: synonym of Naccula parva (Angas, 1876)
  • Nacella peltoides Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Williamia peltoides (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Nacella stowae Verco, 1906: synonym of Asteracmea stowae (Verco, 1906)
  • Nacella subspiralis Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Williamia subspiralis (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Nacella venosa (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Nacella magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Nacella Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196963 on 2015-01-26
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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