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
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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.

References

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


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